Topographic Rossby waves in the Adriatic Sea

(in Croatian)

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.