Some Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Equatorial Flows

Abstract This study presents some explicit exact solutions for nonlinear geophysical ocean waves in the β-plane approximation near the equator. The solutions are provided in Lagrangian coordinates by describing the path of each particle. The unidirectional equatorially trapped waves are symmetric ab...

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Published inJournal of physical oceanography Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 165 - 175
Main Author CONSTANTIN, Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 2013
Subjects
Approximation
Dynamics of the ocean (upper and deep oceans)
Earth, ocean, space
Equator
Exact sciences and technology
Exact solutions
External geophysics
Flow distribution
Flow pattern
Investigations
Lagrange coordinates
Lagrangian coordinates
Marine
Near-surface layer
Ocean waves
Physics of the oceans
Studies
Surface boundary layer
Surface layers
Surface water waves
Thermocline
Three dimensional flow
Trapped waves
Traveling waves
Velocity
Wind
Wind effects
Beta plane approximation
tropical zone
Propagation characteristic
Trapped wave
Ocean dynamics
Travelling wave
ocean waves
Non linear wave
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Summary:Abstract This study presents some explicit exact solutions for nonlinear geophysical ocean waves in the β-plane approximation near the equator. The solutions are provided in Lagrangian coordinates by describing the path of each particle. The unidirectional equatorially trapped waves are symmetric about the equator and propagate eastward above the thermocline and beneath the near-surface layer to which wind effects are confined. At each latitude the flow pattern represents a traveling wave.
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ISSN:0022-3670
1520-0485
DOI:10.1175/jpo-d-12-062.1