Water wave scattering by bottom undulations in an ice-covered two-layer fluid |
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| Authors: | Paramita Maiti BN Mandal |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India;bPhysics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata 700 108, India |
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| Abstract: | The scattering of plane surface waves by bottom undulations in an ice-covered ocean modelled as a two-layer fluid consisting of a layer of fresh water of lesser density above a deep layer of salt water, is investigated here by using a simplified perturbation analysis. In such a two-layer fluid there exist waves of two different modes, one with higher mode propagates along the interface and the other with lower mode propagates along the ice-cover. An incident wave of a particular mode gets reflected and transmitted by the bottom undulations into waves of both the modes so that transfer of wave energy from one mode to another takes place. The first-order reflection and transmission coefficients of two different modes are obtained due to incident waves of again two different modes by employing Fourier transform technique in the mathematical analysis. For sinusoidal bottom topography these coefficients are depicted graphically against the wavenumber. These figures show how the transfer of energy from one mode to another takes place. |
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| Keywords: | Wave scattering Two-layer fluid Ice-cover Bottom undulations Perturbation analysis Reflection and transmission coefficients |
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