Nonlinear energy transfer and the energy balance of the internal wave field in the deep ocean

DOI10.1017/S0022112076001857zbMath0369.76022OpenAlexW2048306329MaRDI QIDQ4146400

Dirk J. Olbers

Publication date: 1976

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112076001857

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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• Interaction between Hydromagnetic Waves and a Time-Dependent, Inhomogeneous Medium