Models of energy loss from internal waves breaking in the ocean

DOI10.1017/jfm.2017.780zbMath1419.76348OpenAlexW2771779928WikidataQ114655172 ScholiaQ114655172MaRDI QIDQ5226198

S. A. Thorpe

Publication date: 31 July 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.780

zbMATH Keywords

mixingstratified turbulencewave-turbulence interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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Stratified shear instability in a field of pre-existing turbulence ⋮ Mixing in forced stratified turbulence and its dependence on large-scale forcing ⋮ Energetics and mixing in buoyancy-driven near-bottom stratified flow ⋮ The energy flux spectrum of internal waves generated by turbulent convection ⋮ Shear-induced breaking of internal gravity waves ⋮ The interaction of internal wave groups with a uniform sloping boundary

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