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Instability observations associated with wave breaking in the stable-stratified deep-ocean
Description: High-resolution temperature observations above underwater topography in the deep, stably stratified ocean have revealed two distinctive turbulence processes. These processes are associated with different phases of a large-scale (here tidal) internal gravity wave: (i) highly nonlinear turbulent bores during the upslope propagating phase, and (ii) Kelvin-Helmholtz billows, at some distance above the slope, during the downslope phase. [Source: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena]
URL: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
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Source: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Publish Date: 2/1/2015
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