Scattering of gravity waves by potential vorticity in a shallow-water fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112010003721zbMath1205.76065OpenAlexW2101872287MaRDI QIDQ3075857

W. K. Dewar, Marshall L. Ward

Publication date: 17 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010003721

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flowsocean processeswave-turbulence interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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Cites Work

• Nonlinear theory of geostrophic adjustment. Part 1. Rotating shallow-water model
• On the dynamics of unsteady gravity waves of finite amplitude Part 1. The elementary interactions
• New intermediate models for rotating shallow water and an investigation of the preference for anticyclones
• Internal wave—vortical mode interactions in strongly stratified flows
• Stratified turbulence generated by internal gravity waves

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