Internal wave excitation from stratified flow over a thin barrier

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 377, Issue , 1998, Pages 223-252

  Sutherland, Bruce R ^a,b   Linden, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MIXING; SHEAR FLOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER TANKS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES (IGW); STRATIFIED FLOW;

WAKES;

EID: 0032307142     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003048     Document Type: Article

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