Nonlinear Internal Waves in Lakes [electronic resource] /
Hutter, Kolumban.editor.
Internal wave dynamics in lakes (and oceans) is an important physical component of geophysical fluid mechanics of 'quiescent' water bodies of the Globe. The formation of internal waves requires seasonal stratification of the water bodies and generation by (primarily) wind forces. Because they propagate in basins of variable depth, a generated wave field often experiences transformation from large basin-wide scales to smaller scales. As long as this fission is hydrodynamically stable, nothing dramatic will happen. However, if vertical density gradients and shearing of the horizontal currents in the metalimnion combine to a Richardson number sufficiently small (Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Internal Waves in Lakes: Generation, Transformation, Meromixis -- Field Studies of Non-linear Internal Waves in Lakes on the Globe -- Laboratory Modelling on Transformation of Large Amplitude Internal Waves by Topographic Obstructions -- Numerical Simulations of the Non-hydrostatic Transformation of Basic-scale Internal Gravity Waves and Wave-Enhanced Meromixis in Lakes.
Internal wave dynamics in lakes (and oceans) is an important physical component of geophysical fluid mechanics of 'quiescent' water bodies of the Globe. The formation of internal waves requires seasonal stratification of the water bodies and generation by (primarily) wind forces. Because they propagate in basins of variable depth, a generated wave field often experiences transformation from large basin-wide scales to smaller scales. As long as this fission is hydrodynamically stable, nothing dramatic will happen. However, if vertical density gradients and shearing of the horizontal currents in the metalimnion combine to a Richardson number sufficiently small (Geophysics.
Marine sciences.
Freshwater.
Mechanics.
Mathematical physics.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Marine & Freshwater Sciences.
Classical Mechanics.
Mathematical Physics.
Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics