Critical reflection and abyssal trapping of near-inertial waves on a β-plane

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.280zbMath1241.76096OpenAlexW2091556723MaRDI QIDQ2891894

Theo Gerkema, Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Kraig B. Winters

Publication date: 15 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/66/256066.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

stratified flowswaves in rotating fluidsocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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