Long solitary internal waves in stable stratifications

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-180

  Zimmerman, W B ^a   Rees, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHELF; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEARITY; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE EQUATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2442677614     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-165-2004     Document Type: Article

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