An exact solution for equatorially trapped waves

2012/04/13 by Adrian Constantin
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Coastal and Marine Dynamics #Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

paper · doi:10.1029/2012jc007879

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Abstract

We present an exact solution of the nonlinear governing equations for geophysical water waves in the β ‐plane approximation near the Equator. The solution describes in the Lagrangian framework equatorially trapped waves propagating eastward in a stratified inviscid fluid.

Citations

• Theorie der Wellen

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