Spectral methods for internal waves: Indistinguishable density profiles and double-humped solitary waves

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Dunphy, M ^a   Subich, C ^a   Stastna, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; INTERNAL WAVE; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 79959623179     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-351-2011     Document Type: Article

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