Three-dimensional shoaling of large-amplitude internal waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Vlasenko, V ^a   Stashchuk, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; SHOALING WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 38549090290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004107     Document Type: Article

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