Sea Level and the Role of Coastal Trapped Waves in Mediating the Influence of the Open Ocean on the Coast

• Published in: Surveys in geophysics Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1467 - 1492
• Main Authors: Hughes, Chris W., Fukumori, Ichiro, Griffies, Stephen M., Huthnance, John M., Minobe, Shoshiro, Spence, Paul, Thompson, Keith R., Wise, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Advection; Astronomy; Barotropic mode; Basins; Bottom friction; Boundaries; Boundary currents; Coastal currents; Coastal dynamics; Coastal effects; Coasts; Continental shelves; Continental slope; Deep water; Dynamics; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; Observations and Techniques; Ocean basins; Ocean currents; Ocean dynamics; Oceans; Planetary waves; Sea level; Slopes; Trapped waves; Wave propagation; Waves; Western boundary currents; Ocean dynamics; Sea level; Coastal trapped waves; Continental shelf waves

The fact that ocean currents must flow parallel to the coast leads to the dynamics of coastal sea level being quite different from the dynamics in the open ocean. The coastal influence of open-ocean dynamics (dynamics associated with forcing which occurs in deep water, beyond the continental slope)...