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The combined use of a stratified flow wind tunnel and of periodic sampling methods in low Reynolds number flows allows the recovery of the instantaneous dynamics of internal waves. Several detailed examples are given of the thermal structure of large propagating and breaking internal waves and Kelvin-Hemholtz waves. Preliminary measurements of the stability of finite waves as a function of Richardson number are also reported.
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Delisi, D.P., Corcos, G. A study of internal waves in a wind tunnel. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 5, 121–137 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188315
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188315