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Waves on water of varying depth: a report on an IUTAM symposium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

L. A. Mysak ,
D. H. Peregrine ,
D. G. Provis  and
Ronald Smith
L. A. Mysak
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Institute of Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
D. H. Peregrine
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, England
D. G. Provis
Affiliation:
School of Earth Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park
Ronald Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

This is a review of an IUTAM symposium held in Canberra on 20–23 July 1976. The subject matter ranged widely: from surf on beaches to waves of oceanic scale, and from elegant analysis to observations from tide gauges.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , 9 March 1977 , pp. 449 - 462
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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