Reflection of Internal Gravity Waves by a Layered Density Anomaly.

Abstract

The characteristics of the propagation of internal gravity waves in the ocean, either upward from the bottom or downward from the region of the surface, is of interest to oceanographers because of the implications to the total energy budget of the internal wave field. This report considers the interaction of a plane internal wave train with a diffuse layer embedded in a density profile possessing an otherwise exponential dependence of height.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775298

Entities

People

  • John P. Dugan
  • Richard P. Mied

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • Internal Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Solar Physics
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.