SURFACE CURRENTS DUE TO A SUBMERGED DISTURBANCE IN A STRATIFIED OCEAN

Abstract

Surface currents due to a submerged two-dimensional disturbance of simple harmonic time dependency in a stratified ocean were determined analytically. It was found that the current is a consequence of the formation and propagation of interfacial waves at the thermocline. For large distances from the source of disturbance, the interfacial waves form a regular train of outgoing waves having a definite amplitude and wave number. The surface current also possesses these characteristics. The asymptotic wave number of the surface current is the wave number of free waves at the thermocline.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0464628

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  • K. K. Wong

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