Experiments on the generation of internal waves over continental shelf topography

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 663, Issue , 2010, Pages 385-400

  Lim, K ^a   Ivey, G N ^a   Jones, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

internal waves; stratified flows

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; DEPTH-AVERAGED VELOCITIES; FLOW REGIME BOUNDARIES; INTERNAL WAVES; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TRANSITIONAL REGIMES;

FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERNAL WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 78649954388     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211201000354X     Document Type: Article

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