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Turbulence during the generation of internal tide on a critical slope

Date

Authors

Gayen, Bishakhdatta

Sarkar, S

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations are performed to examine nonlinear processes during the generation of internal tides on a model continental slope. An intense boundary flow is generated in the critical case where the slope angle is equal to

Keywords

Keywords: Boundary flows; Broadband frequency; Continental slope; Convective instabilities; Critical case; Critical region; Internal tides; Internal wave beams; Internal waves; Nonlinear process; Propagation angle; Slope angles; Slope structure; Wavebreaking; Wavef

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65245

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physical Review Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.218502

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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