Propagation of a finite-amplitude potential vorticity front along the wall of a stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112002001520zbMath1018.76009OpenAlexW2050650138MaRDI QIDQ4797154

Karl Helfrich, Melvin E. Stern

Publication date: 15 September 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112002001520

zbMATH Keywords

similarity solutionstratified fluidreduced-gravity shallow-water equationsfinite-amplitude potential vorticity frontKelvin shock wavelong-wave shallow-water equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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