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Internal Waves

Internal Waves is a type of gravity wave that propagates within the interior of a stratified fluid, distinguished by its oscillation along density interfaces rather than at the surface, and driven by the restoring force of buoyancy in stably stratified oceanic environments.

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Internal Gravity Waves

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INTERNAL ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES AT IONOSPHERIC HEIGHTS

C. O. Hines · Canadian Journal of Physics · 1960 · 2.1K citations

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Internal waves of permanent form in fluids of great depth

T. Brooke Benjamin · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1967 · 1K citations

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Space-time scales of internal waves: A progress report

Christopher Garrett, Walter Munk · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1975 · 967 citations

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Turbulence and mixing in a Scottish Loch

S. A. Thorpe · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1977 · 859 citations

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Space-Time scales of internal waves

Christopher Garrett, Walter Munk · Geophysical Fluid Dynamics · 1972 · 857 citations

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  1. RG
    Roger Grimshaw

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    57 publications · 3.2K citations

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    Bruce Sutherland

    University of Alberta, Canada

    50 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Kevin G. Lamb

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    32 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. SA
    S. A. Thorpe

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. MH
    Matthew H. Alford

    University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    24 publications · 3K citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    43 h-index

    137 publications

    12.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    42 h-index

    293 publications

    11.7K citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    38 h-index

    102 publications

    12.8K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    37 h-index

    97 publications

    10.8K citations

  5. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    33 h-index

    123 publications

    8.2K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    86 publications

    6.8K citations

  7. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    32 h-index

    86 publications

    8.4K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    31 h-index

    75 publications

    7.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    391 publications · 24.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 206 publications · 15.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    202 publications · 14K citations

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    77 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. Physics of Fluids

    109 publications · 4K citations

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