Huge internal waves in the vicinity of the Spitsbergen Island (Barents Sea)
Autor: | Oxana Kurkina, T. G. Talipova |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
lcsh:GE1-350
lcsh:QE1-996.5 lcsh:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation Internal wave Structural basin lcsh:TD1-1066 Latitude lcsh:Geology Oceanography Amplitude lcsh:G Barotropic fluid Compressibility General Earth and Planetary Sciences Underwater lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Trough (meteorology) Geology Seismology lcsh:Environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 981-986 (2011) |
ISSN: | 1684-9981 |
Popis: | The generation of huge amplitude internal waves by the barotropic tide in the Barents Sea at high latitudes is examined using the numerical model of the Euler 2-D equations for incompressible stratified fluid. The area considered is located between the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Island and the Franz-Victoria Trough with a cross-section of 350 km length. There are two underwater hills about 100–150 m high on the background depth of about 300 m. It is shown that intensive nonlinear internal waves with amplitudes up to 50 m and lengths of about 6–12 km are generated in this zone. The total height of such waves is huge and they must be considered as a significant factor of the environment in this basin. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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