Topographic waves and the evolution of coastal currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112085003573zbMath0604.76085MaRDI QIDQ3741315

E. R. Johnson

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

initial-value problemshallow waterslow flowobstaclescoastal currentssource-sink pairrapidly rotating fluidBottom contourscross bottom contoursnear-periodic solutionstopographic vortex-stretching timeunsteady, exponentially thinning, singular regionwall-step junction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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The low-frequency scattering of Kelvin waves by stepped topography ⋮ Free-surface adjustment and topographic waves in coastal currents ⋮ Bulges at vortical outflows ⋮ Topographic Rossby waves above a random array of seamountains ⋮ Topographic waves in open domains. Part 1. Boundary conditions and frequency estimates ⋮ Vortical source-sink flow against a wall: The initial value problem and exact steady states ⋮ A conformal-mapping technique for topographic-wave problems: semi-infinite channels and elongated basins

Cites Work

• On the trapping of waves along a discontinuity of depth in a rotating ocean
• Slow oscillations in an ocean of varying depth Part 1. Abrupt topography
• On the generation of double Kelvin waves

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