Critical levels for forced Rossby and continental shelf waves |
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Authors: | W D McKee |
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Institution: | (1) School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, 2033 Kensington, N.S.W., Australia |
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Abstract: | The generation of waves on a geostrophic shear flow by a travelling forcing pattern is considered. The model describes both atmospheric Rossby waves on a zonal shear flow and continental shelf waves on a boundary current. By means of the Laplace transform technique, the development of the solution in time is studied, starting from some initial instant when the forcing starts. The asymptotic form of the forced solution is shown to depend crucially upon whether the speed of the travelling forcing lies inside the range of the current or not. The possible application of the results to the Florida current is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Rossby waves Continental shelf waves Critical level Continuous spectrum |
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