Propagation of very long water waves, with vorticity, over variable depth, with applications to tsunamis

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-211

  Constantin, A ^a,b   Johnson, R S ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long waves; Multiple scales; Shoreline; Tsunami; Variable depth; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAPHIC METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VORTICITY;

LONG WAVES; MULTIPLE SCALES;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL ZONES; DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAPHIC METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TSUNAMIS; VORTICITY;

EID: 38649087078     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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