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In the previous chapter, the propagation of internal waves was modelled under the assumption of constant water depth. However, the sea bottom only very seldom is horizontal. Therefore, varying of water depth and horizontal inhomogenities of the density field should be included for the prediction of internal waves propagation in many real situations, especially in shallow water. Observations of internal waves in the Andaman Sea (Osborne and Burch, Science 208(4443):451–460, 1980), Sulu Sea (Apel et al., J Phys Oceanogr 15:1625–1651, 1985), Massachusetts Bay (Halpern, J Mar Res 29:116–132 , 1971) and Australian North West Shelf (Holloway et al., J Phys Oceanogr 27:871–896, 1997) have shown that shoaling effects and local bottom changes may essentially influence internal waves evolution.
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Massel, S.R. (2015). Waves in a Continuously Stratified Sea of Varying Depth. In: Internal Gravity Waves in the Shallow Seas. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18908-6_4
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