The Disintegration (or not) of the Nonlinear Internal Tide

Abstract

This research is aimed at studying the underlying dynamics of, and identifying the conditions that control, the disintegration of the internal tide into large-amplitude internal solitary-like waves with emphasis on the tides and waves in the South China Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA534006

Entities

People

  • Karl Helfrich

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Computational Science
  • Disintegration
  • Dynamics
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Frequency
  • Froude Number
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Oceans
  • Solitons
  • South China Sea
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Topography
  • Waves

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography