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Internal Wave Breaking

Internal Wave Breaking is a physical process in stratified fluid dynamics wherein internal waves, propagating through density gradients in fluids such as the ocean or atmosphere, become unstable and dissipate their energy via turbulence, thereby enabling diapycnal mixing through the irreversible transfer of wave energy into small-scale shear-driven turbulent motions.

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Finescale Parameterizations of Turbulent Dissipation

Kurt L. Polzin, John M. Toole, Raymond W. Schmitt · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1995 · 419 citations · Full text

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I<scp>NTERNAL</scp> G<scp>RAVITY</scp> W<scp>AVES</scp>: From Instabilities to Turbulence

Chantal Staquet, Joël Sommeria · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2002 · 339 citations · Full text

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Internal Wave Breaking and Dissipation Mechanisms on the Continental Slope/Shelf

Kevin G. Lamb · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2013 · 289 citations · Full text

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Internal waves, an under-explored source of turbulence events in the sedimentary record

Luis Pomar, Michele Morsilli, Pamela Hallock et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 2011 · 268 citations

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Experiments on mixing due to internal solitary waves breaking on uniform slopes

Hervé Michallet, Gregory N. Ivey · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1999 · 260 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SA
    S. A. Thorpe

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 442 citations

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  2. CS
    Chantal Staquet

    Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, France

    5 publications · 489 citations

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  3. JG
    John Grue

    University of Oslo, Norway

    5 publications · 401 citations

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  4. HV
    Hans van Haren

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    5 publications · 103 citations

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  5. IO
    Isidoro Orlanski

    NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 316 citations

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190

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    781 citations

  4. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

    Den Burg, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    198 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    598 citations

  7. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    610 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    694 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    33 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 14 publications · 932 citations

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  4. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

    7 publications · 228 citations

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  5. Oceanography

    7 publications · 300 citations

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