A geometric formulation of the conservation of wave action and its implications for signature and the classification of instabilities

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 453, Issue 1962, 1997, Pages 1365-1395

  Bridges, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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HAMILTONIAN PDE'S; INSTABILITIES; WAVE ACTION; WAVE MODELLING;

EID: 0030695841     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0075     Document Type: Article

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