A Hamiltonian weak-wave model for shallow-water flow

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

Volumn 453, Issue 1958, 1997, Pages 563-580

  Nore, Caroline ^a,b   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; VORTICITY; WAVES;

SHALLOW WATER; WAVE MODELLING;

EID: 0030794807     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0031     Document Type: Article

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