Experimental observations of internal wave turbulence transition in a stratified fluid
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The Garrett and Munk spectrum describes the turbulence of ocean interior due to internal gravity waves. We use unique large scale Coriolis facility force by waves reproduce main features wave in a stratified fluid laboratory. A transition from weakly nonlinear strongly was indeed observed when increasing buoyancy Reynolds number.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical review fluids
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2469-9918', '2469-990X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.7.094802