Trapping Rossby waves
Analysis of PDEs
2009-01-21 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Classical Physics
Abstract
Waves associated to large scale oceanic motions are gravity waves (Poincar\'e waves which disperse fast) and quasigeostrophic waves (Rossby waves). In this Note, we show by semiclassical arguments, that Rossby waves can be trapped and we characterize the corresponding initial conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0901.2991,
title = {Trapping Rossby waves},
author = {Christophe Cheverry and Isabelle Gallagher and Thierry Paul and Laure Saint-Raymond},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2991},
year = {2009}
}