Upstream internal jumps in stratified sill flow: Observations of formation, evolution, and release

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1419-1426

  Cummins, Patrick F ^a   Armi, Laurence ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Solitary waves; Tides

Indexed keywords

EBB TIDES; EXCHANGE FLOW; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; LARGE BORE; NEAR-SURFACE; SOLITARY WAVE; TIDAL FLOW; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; UNDULAR BORE; UPSTREAM REGION;

SOLITONS; TIDES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

HYDRAULIC JUMP;

FORMATION MECHANISM; FROUDE NUMBER; INTERNAL WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL MODELING; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955631248     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4435.1     Document Type: Article

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