Observations on the wavenumber spectrum and evolution of an internal wave attractor

DOI10.1017/S0022112007000031zbMath1151.76325MaRDI QIDQ3524017

Pieter van Breevoort, Leo R. M. Maas, Jeroen Hazewinkel, Stuart B. Dalziel

Publication date: 8 September 2008

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

37N10: Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76B55: Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids

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