On the dynamics of internal waves interacting with the equatorial undercurrent

Alan Compelli, Rossen Ivanov

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Abstract

The interaction of the nonlinear internal waves with a nonuniform current with a specic form, characteristic for the equatorial undercurrent, is studied. The current has no vorticity in the layer, where the internal wave motion takes place. We show that the nonzero vorticity that might be occuring in other layers of the current does not affect the wave motion. The equations of motion are formulated as a Hamiltonian system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-539
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Equatorial undercurrent
  • Hamiltonian system
  • Internal waves
  • shear flow

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