The hybrid Kelvin-edge wave and its role in tidal dynamics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2757-2767

  Ke, Ziming ^a   Yankovsky, Alexander E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf slope; Kelvin waves; Ocean dynamics; Oceanic; Tides; Waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE; EDGE WAVES; ENERGY FLUXES; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HYBRID MODE; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; KELVIN WAVES; LONG WAVES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MIDLATITUDES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC; OFFSHORE WAVE ENERGY; PATAGONIA; POINCARE; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STOKES MODES; TIDAL DYNAMICS; TIDAL WAVE PROPAGATION; VARIABLE DEPTH; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE ENERGY; ZERO-GROUP VELOCITY;

COASTAL ZONES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LIGHT VELOCITY; TIDES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TIDAL POWER;

AMPLITUDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDGE WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79251510240     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4430.1     Document Type: Article

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