12.802 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

Wave Motions in the Ocean and Atmosphere

Lecture Notes

Internal Gravity Waves

Page 3: IGW Solutions

  • k=2,m=1,cp=0.4,cg= 0.089,-0.18 (GIF)

  • k=1,m=2,cp=0.2,cg= 0.36,-0.18 (GIF)

  • k=2,m=2,cp=0.25,cg=0.18,-0.18 (GIF)

Page 5: Dispersion Relation

  • disp rel (JPG)

Page 6: Two Waves

  • initial (JPG)

  • initial (JPG)

Page 6: Two Waves

  • initial (JPG)

  • evolution (GIF)

  • NK/(1+K*K) (GIF)

  • NK/(1+K*K)**2 (GIF)

Page 9: Reflection Problem

  • geometry (JPG)

Page 10: Incident/Refl

  • geometry (JPG)

  • group vel (JPG)

  • phi=30,beta=0 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=30,beta=15 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=30,beta=25 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=30,beta=45 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

Page 10: Large Slope

  • phi=60,beta=15 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=60,beta=45 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=60,beta=55 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

  • phi=60,beta=85 (JPG)

  • wavefronts (JPG)

Page 10: Focus

  • incident (JPG)

  • 1st refl (JPG)

  • 2nd refl (JPG)

  • 3rd refl (JPG)

  • 4th refl (JPG)

  • 5th refl (JPG)

  • 6th refl (JPG)

  • 7th refl (JPG)

Page 11: Short Scales

  • Uk/N=1.01 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=1.5 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=2 (JPG)

Page 12: Long Scales

  • Uk/N=0.99 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.9 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.8 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.7 (JPG)

Page 15: Topographies

  • Uk/N=1.001 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=1.01 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=1.05 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=1.07 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=1.08 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.99 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.9 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.5 (JPG)

  • Uk/N=0.2 (JPG)

Page 16: Modes

  • N squared (JPG)

  • kh=0.01 (JPG)

  • kh=0.1 (JPG)

  • kh=1 (JPG)

  • kh=10 (JPG)

  • disp rel (JPG)

  • wkb disp rel (JPG)