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

DOI10.1017/S0022112002001520zbMath1018.76009MaRDI QIDQ4797154

Karl Helfrich, Melvin E. Stern

Publication date: 15 September 2003

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

zbMATH Keywords

similarity solution; stratified fluid; reduced-gravity shallow-water equations; finite-amplitude potential vorticity front; Kelvin shock wave; long-wave shallow-water equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

76M55: Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76B70: Stratification effects in inviscid fluids

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