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The first comprehensive treatment of the theory for small and large amplitude internal gravity waves, with illustrative examples and exercises.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Stratified fluids and waves; 2. Interfacial waves; 3. Internal waves in uniformly stratified fluid; 4. Nonlinear considerations; 5. Generation mechanisms; 6. Wave propagation and spectra; Appendix. Suggestions for further reading; Index.
About the author
Bruce R. Sutherland holds a B.Math from the University of Waterloo, Ontario and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Toronto where, under the supervision of W. R. Peltier, he ran numerical simulations of internal waves generated by shear instability. As a Research Associate working with P. F. Linden at the University of Cambridge, he helped develop the laboratory method known as the synthetic schlieren technique, which was applied to examine internal waves generated by turbulence. Now a Professor in the Departments of Physics and of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and an Adjunct Professor in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, at the University of Alberta, he continues to develop theories and to run laboratory experiments and numerical simulations that examine the generation, propagation and breaking of internal gravity waves.
Summary
This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the theory for small and large amplitude internal gravity waves. Packed with schematics, numerical simulations, laboratory images and exercises that apply the theory, this is an invaluable single resource for academic researchers and graduate students studying wave motion in the atmosphere and ocean.
