Articles:
A Note on Low-Frequency Equatorial Basin Modes
Mark A. Cane; Dennis W. Moore
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- Title:
- A Note on Low-Frequency Equatorial Basin Modes
- Author(s):
-
Cane, Mark A.
Moore, Dennis W. - Date:
- 1981
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Volume:
- 11
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:12908
- Book/Journal Title:
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Abstract:
- A new low-frequency standing equatorial wave mode is described. It is composed solely of long Kelvin and Rossby waves, whereas previously described low-frequency modes involved short, eastward propagating Rossby waves. It is argued that these short waves travel too slowly to allow such modes to set up. A simple closed form expression is given for the new basin mode; this is also a new form for the sum of a Kelvin wave and its eastern boundary reflection.
- Subject(s):
- Physical oceanography
- DOI:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1981)0112.0.CO;2
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