Transmission of subinertial Kelvin waves through a strait

From: Journal of Physical Oceanography | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Solutions are found for the transmission of 1 1/2-layer subinertial Kelvin waves through an "ideal strait" with parallel channel walls and square corner mouths. This is shown to be a wave interference problem similar to the classical optics problem of multiple beam interference. The outlet of an ideal strait has the same reflection characteristics as the inlet, setting up internal reflections within the strait and a consequent interference condition that has several important consequences: energy transmission of a strait is a function of channel length as well as width; transmission ...

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