Propagation of a finite-amplitude potential vorticity front along the wall of a stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112002001520MaRDI QIDQ4797154zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Melvin E. Stern, Karl R. Helfrich

Publication date 15 September 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112002001520

zbMATH Keywords

similarity solutionstratified fluidreduced-gravity shallow-water equationsfinite-amplitude potential vorticity frontKelvin shock wavelong-wave shallow-water equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55)

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