The distortion of short internal waves produced by a long wave, with application to ocean boundary mixing

DOI10.1017/S0022112089002880zbMath0681.76027OpenAlexW2106128036MaRDI QIDQ4730909

S. A. Thorpe

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089002880

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq fluid of constant density gradientlong, finite-amplitude, two-dimensional, internal wavesloping, sinusoidal topographytrain of short, small-amplitude, internal waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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