Propagation of a finite-amplitude potential vorticity front along the wall of a stratified fluid
Publication:4797154
DOI10.1017/S0022112002001520zbMath1018.76009MaRDI QIDQ4797154
Karl Helfrich, Melvin E. Stern
Publication date: 15 September 2003
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112002001520
similarity solution; stratified fluid; reduced-gravity shallow-water equations; finite-amplitude potential vorticity front; Kelvin shock wave; long-wave shallow-water equations
86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography
76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction
76M55: Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics
76U05: General theory of rotating fluids
76B70: Stratification effects in inviscid fluids
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