Observation of near-critical reflection of internal waves in a stably stratified fluid

DOI10.1063/1.1711814MaRDI QIDQ3554434zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anthony Didier, Eric Falcon, Thierry Dauxois

Publication date 22 April 2010

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0311125

zbMATH Keywords

gravity wavesreflectionstratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

Abstract: An experimental study is reported of the near-critical reflection of internal gravity waves over sloping topography in a stratified fluid. An overturning instability close to the slope and triggering the boundary-mixing process is observed and characterized. These observations are found in good agreement with a recent nonlinear theory.

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