Intrusive gravity currents and internal gravity wave generation in stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112004000400zbMath1067.76020WikidataQ109593499 ScholiaQ109593499MaRDI QIDQ4670328

B. R. Sutherland, Morris R. Flynn

Publication date: 18 April 2005

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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