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Melvin E. Stern

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58

Publications

4.2K

Citations

29

H-Index

1953

Active since

Affiliations

University of Rhode Island(Current)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Florida State University

University of Cambridge

Melvin E. Stern is an author at University of Rhode Island specializing in engineering, fluid mechanics, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringFluid DynamicsEarth ScienceGeophysicsOceanographyOcean DynamicsPhysicsPhysical OceanographyHydrodynamicsVortex Flows

Publications per year

1953–2010

58

Publications

58

On the Stability of Internal Baroclinic Jets in a Rotating Atmosphere

J. G. Charney, Melvin E. Stern · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1962 · 726 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Aerospace Engineering +14

The “Salt-Fountain” and Thermohaline Convection

Melvin E. Stern · Tellus · 1960 · 423 citations

Laminar Regime, Ocean Dynamics, Engineering +21

The “Salt-Fountain” and Thermohaline Convection

Melvin E. Stern · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography · 1960 · 342 citations · Full text

Laminar Regime, Ocean Dynamics, Engineering +20

Collective instability of salt fingers

Melvin E. Stern · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1969 · 197 citations

Marine Hydrodynamics, Pattern Formation, Steady State +15

The physical significance of modons: Laboratory experiments and general integral constraints

Glenn R. Flierl, Melvin E. Stern, J. A. Whitehead · Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans · 1983 · 195 citations

Laboratory Experiments, Engineering, Physics +9

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