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Vortices in a wave travelling over dry ground

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Experimental investigations revealed that large cylindrical vortices are formed near the bottom in a head wave traveling over dry ground (“water wall” during a dam break). The vortices rise to the water surface and are thrown into the air perpendicularly to the wave slope. The vortices entrain and transport bottom ground.

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  1. Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    O. N. Mel’nikova

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Original Russian Text © O.N. Mel’nikova, 2008, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 266–270.

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Mel’nikova, O.N. Vortices in a wave travelling over dry ground. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 44, 250–254 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433808020126

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