Approximations to the scattering of water waves by steep topography

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 562, Issue , 2006, Pages 279-302

  Porter, R ^a   Porter, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; GRAVITY WAVES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CONVERGENT INFINITE SERIES; DISCONTINUOUS BED PROFILES; STEEP BED PROFILES; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; GRAVITY WAVES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRANSFORM; WATER WAVE; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33749039990     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001005     Document Type: Article

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