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Topographic Rossby waves in the Adriatic Sea

Gordana Beg ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Split, Hrvatska
Mirko Orlić ; Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In the paper two models of topographic Rossby waves are reviewed. The first one reproduces the propagation of waves along the straight coast, and is based on the paper published by V. T. Buchwald and J. K. Adams in 1968. The second model simulates the propagation of waves in a circular basin, and is described in some detail on the basis of derivation sketched by H. Lamb and his Hydrodynamics (1932). Both models have been applied on the Adriatic Sea, the first on the south-eastern coast, the second on the north and middle Adriatic. It has been shown that the theoretical results agree with some characteristics of sea-level and current time series registered in the Adriatic Sea.

Keywords

Rossby waves; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

20798

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/20798

Publication date:

1.12.1990.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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