The simulation demonstrates how internal gravity waves propagate along a density interface between two water layers, showing how density contrast and layer depth together control wave speed and amplitude.
Adjust the density contrast and layer depth sliders to change the stratification, then observe how the internal wave's propagation speed and vertical displacement respond at the pycnocline.
Sliders for density contrast and layer depth
Internal waves near the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea can reach vertical displacements of more than one hundred meters, making them among the largest wave phenomena on Earth despite being completely invisible from a casual glance at the sea surface.
The simulation demonstrates how internal gravity waves propagate along a density interface between two water layers, showing how density contrast and layer depth together control wave speed and amplitude.
The simulation demonstrates how internal gravity waves propagate along a density interface between two water layers, showing how density contrast and layer depth together control wave speed and amplitude.
Adjust the density contrast and layer depth sliders to change the stratification, then observe how the internal wave's propagation speed and vertical displacement respond at the pycnocline.
Internal waves near the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea can reach vertical displacements of more than one hundred meters, making them among the largest wave phenomena on Earth despite being completely invisible from a casual glance at the sea surface.