Experimental study of internal gravity waves generated by supercritical topography

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, P H ^a   King, B ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

HARMONIC WAVES; OCEAN MIXING; SUPERCRITICAL TOPOGRAPHY; TIDAL FLOW; VISCOUS SMOOTHING; WEAK FORCING;

GRAVITY WAVES;

BUOYANCY; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848830422     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2766741     Document Type: Article

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