Abstract
The processes of the transformation of basin-scale internal waves are simulated by a numerical three-dimensional nonhydrostatic model that is applied to a sequence of idealized problems, namely the transformation and degeneration of basin-scale internal waves in a rectangular basin, in a basin with a sloping bottom, in a basin with a sill and a cross-section constriction, and finally in a small, elongated lake. The results of the simulations are compared with laboratory experiments and with field observations, when they are available.
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Maderich, V., Brovchenko, I., Terletska, K., Hutter, K. (2012). Numerical Simulations of the Nonhydrostatic Transformation of Basin-Scale Internal Gravity Waves and Wave-Enhanced Meromixis in Lakes. In: Hutter, K. (eds) Nonlinear Internal Waves in Lakes. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23438-5_4
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