Internal waves in a fluid of finite Prandtl number
- 1 June 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Vol. 1 (3) , 371-376
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03091927009365779
Abstract
It is shown, through calculation and physical arguments, that in a smoothly stratified fluid thermal diffusion plays a damping role comparable to that of viscosity only in the interior of the fluid, and not in the boundary layers.Keywords
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