Internal tide generation by arbitrary two-dimensional topography

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 659, Issue , 2010, Pages 247-266

  Echeverri, Paula ^a   Peacock, Thomas ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

internal waves; stratified flows; topographic effects

Indexed keywords

TOPOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATIONS; CONVERSION RATES; GENERATION PROCESS; INTERNAL TIDE GENERATION; INTERNAL WAVES; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY;

TIDES;

GREEN FUNCTION; INTERNAL TIDE; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION;

HAWAIIAN RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77957105969     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010002417     Document Type: Article

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