Huge internal waves in the vicinity of the Spitsbergen Island (Barents Sea)
| Autor: | O. E. Kurkina, T. G. Talipova |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 981-986 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1561-8633 1684-9981 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/nhess-11-981-2011 |
| 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. |
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