THE DYNAMICS OF EQUATORIAL LONG WAVES: A SINGULAR LIMIT WITH FAST VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-397

  Dutrifoy, Alexandre ^a   Majda, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial long wave equation; Fast averaging; Shallow water equations; Singular limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648983630     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2006.v4.n2.a6     Document Type: Article

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