INTERNAL WAVES Although ordinary gravity waves are easily seen in day-to-day life, internal waves are much more difficult to observe without special instrumentation. Here I've collected a few images of internal waves both in the field and in the lab. For more information about internal waves, have a look at my Internal Waves pages which I developed for various classes or Professor Tomczak's online materials (found toward the bottom of his page). Any further contributions to this collection are always welcome. Click here to learn a bit more about the above picture of slicks caused by internal waves . Here is an example of internal waves in the laboratory. Here is a satellite image of internal waves. An example of focusing internal waves. Here is another satellite image of internal waves in the Strait of Gibraltar.

The image at the above right was taken by Professor R. Smith at Oregon State who kindly granted permission to use it here. Click on the image to to see a larger (57 Kb) version.

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