Internal wave beam propagation in non-uniform stratifications

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 133-152

  Mathur, Manikandan ^a   Peacock, Thomas ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FLUID MECHANICS;

IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; INTERNAL WAVE BEAMS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NON-UNIFORM DENSITY; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; TRANSITION REGIONS; TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; STRATIFICATION; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 76349108290     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991236     Document Type: Article

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