The degeneration of large-scale interfacial gravity waves in lakes
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Publication:2731190
DOI10.1017/S0022112001003536zbMath1008.76005MaRDI QIDQ2731190
D. A. Horn, Gregory N. Ivey, Jorg Imberger
Publication date: 10 April 2003
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
two-layer model; lakes; depth of thermocline; large-scale interfacial gravity waves; length-scale ratios; wave degeneration
86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography
76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction
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