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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA613679

Entities

People

  • Karl Helfrich

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Disintegration
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • Internal Waves
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Radiation
  • Solitons
  • South China Sea
  • Water Waves
  • Waves