Nonlinear aspects of long shelf waves |
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| Authors: | R. Grimshaw |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Mathematics , University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Continental shelf waves are examined in the long wavelength limit, and the effects of weak topographic dispersion calculated. These dispersive effects are then balanced against nonlinear terms and a Korteweg-de Vries equation is derived to describe the evolution of the wave amplitude. Two particular cases are worked in detail. |
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