Observation of near-critical reflection of internal waves in a stably stratified fluid

2003/11/25 by Thierry Dauxois, Anthony Didier, Eric Falcon
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.flu-dyn

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1711814

published as Physics of Fluids 16 (2004) 1936 · resubmitted to Physics of Fluids (Nov. 2003), Figs. with color pictures

arxiv created 2003/11/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

An experimental study is reported of the near-critical reflection of internal gravity waves over sloping topography in a stratified fluid. An overturning instability close to the slope and triggering the boundary-mixing process is observed and characterized. These observations are found in good agreement with a recent nonlinear theory.

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