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Poleward propagation of near-inertial waves induced by fluctuating winds over a baroclinically unstable zonal jet
Description: Here, the authors investigate the excitation and radiation of near-inertial internal gravity waves continuously excited by a latitudinally confined temporally fluctuating wind in a numerical model of a stratified ocean on a -plane at mid-latitude. The surface wind forcing contains both high- and low-frequency components which excite propagating waves and a baroclinically unstable zonal jet respectively. [Source: Journal of Fluid Mechanics]
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/poleward-propagation-of-nearinertial-waves-induced-by-fluctuating-winds-over-a-baroclinically-unstable-zonal-jet/5D4A52F25FE318A7E54AA2D363AAE4B5
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Source: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Publish Date: 1/10/2018
Reading Level: Expert
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