A Hamiltonian formulation for long internal waves

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 106-122

  Lvov, Yuri ^a   Tabak, Esteban G ^b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coriolis effect; Hamiltonian formulation; Internal wave interactions; Internal waves; Kolmogorov solution; Spectral energy density of internal waves; Wave kinetic equation; Wave turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HAMILTONIANS; KINETIC ENERGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHEAR WAVES; TURBULENCE; WAVE EQUATIONS;

CORIOLIS EFFECTS; HAMILTONIAN FORMULATIONS; INTERNAL WAVE INTERACTIONS; INTERNAL WAVES; KOLMOGOROV SOLUTIONS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DENSITY OF INTERNAL WAVES; WAVE KINETIC EQUATION; WAVE TURBULENCE;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 3042853449     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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