Optimal two-layer approximation for continuous density stratification

DOI10.1017/S0022112010004891zbMath1225.76069MaRDI QIDQ3097701

Roxana Tiron, Roberto Camassa

Publication date: 10 November 2011

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

zbMATH Keywords

shallow water flows; internal waves; stratified flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B55: Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids

76B70: Stratification effects in inviscid fluids

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