Reflection and diffraction of internal solitary waves by a circular island

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 811-823

  Chao, Shenn Yu ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^b   Hsu, Ming Kuang ^c   Yang, Ying Jang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^d Chinese Naval Academy Kaohsiung   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internal solitary waves; Nonhydrostatic model; Wave impingement on island

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; EARTH ROTATION; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLITARY WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 33750972558     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0100-4     Document Type: Article

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