Topographic Waves on Slopes

Abstract

The guiding hypothesis is that the meandering of western boundary currents acts as a wavemaker in the ocean. The meanders are quite depth-independent and force mainly barotropic motions exterior to them. These motions propagate as low-frequency Rossby waves, and those to the north of the stream eventually become topographic Rossby waves as they begin to feel the bottom topography. We intend to study the effects of nonlinearities and steep topography on these waves as they shoal and refract.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA624735

Entities

People

  • Nelson G. Hogg

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Earth Sciences
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Rossby Waves
  • Space Sciences
  • Topography
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Oceanography.
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