Long nonlinear internal waves

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2006, Pages 395-425

  Helfrich, Karl R ^a   Melville, W Kendall ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear waves; Physical oceanography; Solitary waves; Stratified flow

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

NONLINEAR WAVES; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLITARY WAVES; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

WATER WAVES;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 32644450229     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.38.050304.092129     Document Type: Review

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