Observation of an internal wave attractor in a confined, stably stratified fluid

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6642, 1997, Pages 557-561

  Maas, Leo R M ^a   Benielli, Dominique ^b   Sommeria, Joël ^b   Frans Peter A, Lam ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIFIED FLUIDS; VIBRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVES; STABLY STRATIFIED FLUID; WAVE ATTRACTORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OSCILLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030811034     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41509     Document Type: Article

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