A coupled-mode model for the scattering of water waves by shearing currents in variable bathymetry

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 578, Issue , 2007, Pages 413-434

  Belibassakis, K A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

INCIDENT WAVE; SHEARING CURRENT;

WATER WAVES;

BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WATER WAVES;

BATHYMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE-SEAFLOOR INTERACTION;

EID: 34548172218     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007005125     Document Type: Article

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