What is it about?
This work explores the evolution of gravity currents in a stratified medium. Specifically, we investigated how the internal wave characteristics changed when we go from subcritical to the supercritical regime.
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Why is it important?
Gravity currents in the form of river plumes have been known to excite large-scale internal waves in the coastal ocean region. This study helps in predicting the characteristics of those internal waves given the background conditions.
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This work will definitely help the reader get a better grasp of the evolution of gravity currents in a stratified medium which is very relevant to coastal ocean dynamics.
Vamsi Chalamalla
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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This page is a summary of: Dynamics of a buoyant gravity current propagating in a linearly stratified medium, Physics of Fluids, July 2022, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0091683.
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