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Review of Dispersive and Resonant Effects in Internal Wave Propagation

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The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 318))

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Theories and models for the generation, propagation and dissipation of long, nonlinear internal waves are reviewed. The roles of dispersive and resonant effects are then discussed in the context of transcritical flow through channels. Recent work on the resonant generation of upstream advancing solitary waves is reviewed. It is shown that these waves (which include non-hydrostatic effects) may be important in the time-dependent hydraulic control problem. The instability of non-linear Kelvin waves in a rotating channel is also discussed and it is shown that this instability may be responsible for observations of wave-front curvature. These processes may be significant in resolving the dynamics of sea straits.

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanogmphic Institution, Massachusetts, Woods Hole, 02543, United States

    K. R. Helfrich

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    W. K. Melville

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Helfrich, K.R., Melville, W.K. (1990). Review of Dispersive and Resonant Effects in Internal Wave Propagation. In: Pratt, L.J. (eds) The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits. NATO ASI Series, vol 318. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0677-8_18

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