Decay and return of internal solitary waves with rotation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Helfrich, Karl R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; NONROTATING EQUATIONS;

SOLITONS;

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

EID: 33847674432     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2472509     Document Type: Article

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