Interharmonics in internal gravity waves generated by tide-topography interaction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 611, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-95

  Korobov, Alexander S ^a   Lamb, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TIDAL POWER; TOPOGRAPHY;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; PROPAGATING WAVES; RESONANT TRIAD INTERACTIONS; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY; TIDAL FREQUENCIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

DOPPLER EFFECT; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLUID; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 50949124230     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002449     Document Type: Article

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