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Reflexion and stability of waves in stably stratified fluids with shear flow: a numerical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Walter L. Jones
Walter L. Jones
Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
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Abstract

A numerical examination has been made of the reflectivity of critical levels with low Richardson number to internal gravity waves propagating in stratified fluids with shear. At sufficiently low positive Richardson numbers the reflected wave may actually be stronger than the incident.

The normal mode instabilities of three simple models have also been computed. The results are presented in three dimensions: Richardson number, horizontal wave scale and real wave frequency.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , 2 December 1968 , pp. 609 - 624
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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