Internal solitary waves near a turning point
Abstract
We report an unexpected result and illustrate the mechanism by which a solitary wave propagating on a thermocline reverses its polarity as it passes through a turning point near the shoreline.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- February 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(80)90830-0
- Bibcode:
- 1980PhLA...75..326K
- Keywords:
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- Internal Waves;
- Solitary Waves;
- Thermoclines;
- Water Waves;
- Wave Propagation;
- Korteweg-Devries Equation;
- Mathematical Models;
- Numerical Integration;
- Perturbation Theory;
- Physics (General)