Nonlinear dynamics of hydrostatic internal gravity waves

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-432

  Stechmann, Samuel N ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a   Khouider, Boualem ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational methods for nonconservative PDE; Convectively generated gravity waves; Internal bores; Internal gravity waves; Nonconservative PDE; Stratified fluids; Tropical atmospheric dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVELY GENERATED GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL BORES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; NONCONSERVATIVE PDE; STRATIFIED FLUIDS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL THEORY; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STATE SPACE METHODS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVES; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

CONVECTION; EQUATION; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROSTATICS; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 54949103159     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: 14322250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-008-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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