Numerical simulation of a two-dimensional internal wave attractor

DOI10.1017/S002211200800325XzbMath1155.76021MaRDI QIDQ3600932

Ivane Pairaud, Chantal Staquet, Nicolas Grisouard

Publication date: 9 February 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211200800325x

zbMATH Keywords

scaling; nonlinear effects; nonlinear non-hydrostatic MIT-gcm numerical code

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76M12: Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76D33: Waves for incompressible viscous fluids

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