Green's functions for Rossby waves
Publication date
2017-10-02
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Kloosterziel, Ruud
Maas, Leo
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Abstract
Compact solutions are presented for planetary, non-divergent, barotropic Rossby waves generated by (i) an impulsive point source and (ii) a sustained point source of curl of wind stress. Previously, only cumbersome integral expressions were known, rendering them practically useless. Our simple expressions allow for immediate numerical visualization/animation and further mathematical analysis.
Keywords
geophysical and geological flows, rotating flows, waves in rotating fluids, Taverne
Citation
Kloosterziel, R & Maas, L R M 2017, 'Green's functions for Rossby waves', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 840, pp. 387-407. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.601