On the interpretation of energy and energy fluxes of nonlinear internal waves: an example from Massachusetts Bay

DOI10.1017/S0022112006000991MaRDI QIDQ5489216zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 25 September 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006000991

zbMATH Keywords

potential energytotal energy fluxbaroclinic energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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