A numerical study of the breaking of an internal soliton and its interaction with a slope

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 379-391

  Saffarinia, Kamal ^a   Kao, Timothy W ^b  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION; INTERNAL WAVES; SLOPES; SOLITARY WAVES; WAVE BREAKING;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; INTERNAL WAVE BREAKING; SLOPE-WAVE INTERACTION; SOLITONS;

EID: 0029657548     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00428-9     Document Type: Article

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