On the interaction of small-scale oceanic internal waves with near-inertial waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112086000186zbMath0624.76013MaRDI QIDQ3026536

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Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

internal wavesresonance conditionRay theorylong progressive near-inertial wave of arbitrary amplitudeNear-inertial motionshort high-frequency progressive internal wave of infinitesimal amplitudeWeak-interaction theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Nonlinear energy transfer and the energy balance of the internal wave field in the deep ocean
• The critical layer for internal gravity waves in a shear flow

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