Generation of internal solitary waves in a pycnocline by an internal wave beam: A numerical study

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 676, Issue , 2011, Pages 491-513

  Grisouard, N ^a   Staquet, C ^a   Gerkema, T ^b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

internal waves; ocean processes; solitary waves

Indexed keywords

SOLITONS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIRECT GENERATION; GENERATION PROCESS; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVE BEAMS; INTERNAL WAVES; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; OCEAN PROCESS; WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOMETRY; INTERNAL WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PYCNOCLINE; SOLITARY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 85027931198     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.61     Document Type: Article

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