Numerical investigation of solitary internal wave-induced global instability in shallow water benthic boundary layers

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 784-812

  Diamessis, Peter J ^a,b   Redekopp, Larry G ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

GLOBAL INSTABILITY; LEGENDRE SPECTRAL MULTIDOMAIN DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; NONLINEAR SOLITARY INTERNAL WAVE; QUALITATIVE DYNAMICS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

WATER WAVES;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERNAL WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHALLOW WATER; SIMULATION; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 33745770220     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2900.1     Document Type: Article

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