This monograph creates a systematic interpretation of the theoretical and the most actual experimental aspects of the internal wave dynamics in the ocean. Firstly, it draws attention to the important physical effects from an oceanographical point of view which are presented in mathematical descriptions. Secondly, the book serves as an introduction to the range of modern ideas and the methods in the study of wave processes in dispersive media.
The book is meant for specialists in physics of the ocean, oceanography, geophysics, hydroacoustics.
Author(s): Yu. Z. Miropol’sky (auth.), O. D. Shishkina (eds.)
Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library 24
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 406
Tags: Oceanography;Classical Continuum Physics;Fluid- and Aerodynamics;Analysis
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Brief Information about Oceanic Thermohydrodynamics....Pages 7-24
Equations of the Theory of Internal Waves....Pages 25-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Linear Theory of Propagation of Internal Waves in the Undisturbed Horizontally Homogeneous Ocean....Pages 45-95
Shear Flow Influence on Internal Waves Propagation....Pages 97-117
Propagation of Internal Waves in Horizontally Inhomogeneous Ocean....Pages 119-152
Basic Sources of Internal Waves Generation in the Ocean....Pages 153-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Hamiltonian Formalism for the Description of Oceanic Internal Waves....Pages 205-230
Long Weakly Nonlinear Internal Waves....Pages 231-258
Propagation of Weakly Nonlinear Internal Wave Packets in the Ocean....Pages 259-290
Resonant Interactions of Wave Triads and Kinetic Equation for Oceanic Internal Waves’ Spectrum....Pages 291-312
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
On Statistical Description of Natural Internal Waves Data....Pages 315-327
Basic Experimental Facts of Internal Waves’ Behaviour in the Ocean....Pages 329-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-406
