Rim Currents Induced by Internal Waves Attractor in Enclosed Basins Fluids stratified in density develop waves beneath the surface and therefore in their bulk. Nowadays these so-called internal gravity waves whose origin comes from the simple Archimedes law are the center of many theoretical or numerical studies, but also of major scientific cruises through oceans. Recently, for example, a spar tdauxois - Thèses hors de l'EDPIF
Rim Currents Induced by Internal Wave Attractors in Enclosed Basins Internal gravity waves propagate in density stratified fluids owing to the restoring force of buoyancy. They are ubiquitous in the ocean and their amplitude may be large enough for these waves to be observed in satellite images as striking band-like features that travel for thousands of kilometers across the ocean (see picturepar tdauxois - Thèses hors de l'EDPIF