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Internal solitary waves in a variable medium
Author(s) -
Grimshaw Roger
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
gamm‐mitteilungen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.239
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1522-2608
pISSN - 0936-7195
DOI - 10.1002/gamm.200790014
Subject(s) - internal wave , amplitude , variable (mathematics) , nonlinear system , stratified flow , physics , mechanics , wave propagation , mechanical wave , waveguide , atmosphere (unit) , kondratiev wave , flow (mathematics) , classical mechanics , mathematical analysis , longitudinal wave , optics , meteorology , mathematics , turbulence , quantum mechanics
In both the ocean and the atmosphere, the interaction of a density stratified flow with topography can generate large‐amplitude, horizontally propagating internal solitary waves. Often these waves are observed in regions where the waveguide properties vary in the direction of propagation. In this article we consider nonlinear evolution equations of the Kortewegde Vries type, with variable coefficients, and use these models to review the properties of slowly‐varying periodic and solitary waves. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)