Reflecting tidal wave beams and local generation of solitary waves in the ocean thermocline

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 593, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-313

  Akylas, T R ^a   Grimshaw, R H J ^b   Clarke, S R ^c   Tabaei, Ali ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLITONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN THERMOCLINE; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL WAVE BEAMS; TIDAL WAVE ENERGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLITONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFIED FLUID; THERMOCLINE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 36549031705     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008786     Document Type: Article

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