Journal article

Laboratory simulations of coastally trapped waves with rotation, topography and stratification

PG Baines, DL Boyer, B Xie

DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS | ELSEVIER | Published : 2005

Abstract

We describe observations of the generation and propagation of coastally trapped waves in the laboratory and their comparison with theory, over a range of values of several experimental parameters. The topography and stratification used consisted of a sloping continental shelf and vertical continental slope with three-layer stratification that could be approximated by an extended version of the Gill and Clarke model [Gill, A.E., Clarke, A., 1974. Wind-induced upwelling, coastal currents and sea level changes. Deep Sea Res. 21, 325-345]. The latter was modified to accommodate a central mixed layer, curved geometry, and friction on the shelf. This configuration represents coastal geometry with ..

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