Accession Number:

AD0774116

Title:

Observations of Resonant Internal Wave Interactions over a Range of Driving Frequencies.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Hachmeister,Lon E.

Report Date:

1973-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

An experimental study of the stability of a progressive internal wave of mode 3 propagating down a long tank filled with a lienarly stratified salt solution was conducted over the range 0.45 or omega 3N or - 0.80 where omega is the paddle frequency and N is the Brunt-Vaisala frequency. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *Ocean waves
• *Internal waves
• *Hydraulic models
• Resonance
• Laboratory tests

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE