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Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection

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The rather unusual dispersion relation and the nonintuitive relation between group velocity and the wave vector lead to some very unusual physical consequences.

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  • Lighthill J (1978) Waves in fluids. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 504 (especially Chapter 4)

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  • Mowbray DE, Rarity BSH (1967) A theoretical and experimental investigation of the phase configuration of internal waves of small amplitude in a density stratified liquid. J Fluid Mech 28 1–16

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Pedlosky, J. (2003). Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection. In: Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05131-3_8

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