Liu, Z;
Grimshaw, R;
Johnson, E;
(2018)
The effect of a variable background density stratification and current on oceanic internal solitary waves.
Fluids
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(4)
, Article 96. 10.3390/fluids3040096.
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Abstract
Large amplitude, horizontally propagating internal waves are commonly observed in the coastal ocean. They are often modelled by a variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries equation to take account of a horizontally varying background state. Although this equation is now well-known, a term representing non-conservative effects, arising from horizontal variation in the underlying basic state density stratification and current, has often been omitted. In this paper, we examine the possible significance of this term using climatological data for several typical oceanic sites where internal waves have been observed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The effect of a variable background density stratification and current on oceanic internal solitary waves |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/fluids3040096 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids3040096 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Internal solitary waves; Korteweg–de Vries equation; background currents |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072240 |
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