Energy spectra of the ocean's internal wave field: theory and observations
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-10 v3 math.MP
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
The high-frequency limit of the Garrett and Munk spectrum of internal waves in the ocean and the observed deviations from it are shown to form a pattern consistent with the predictions of wave turbulence theory. In particular, the high frequency limit of the Garrett and Munk spectrum constitutes an {\it exact} steady state solution of the corresponding kinetic equation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0307020,
title = {Energy spectra of the ocean's internal wave field: theory and observations},
author = {Yuri V. Lvov and Kurt L. Polzin and Esteban G. Tabak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0307020},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, one color figure