An exact solution for geophysical trapped waves in the presence of an underlying current

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Abstract: In this paper we propose an exact and explicit nonlinear solution to the governing equations which retains all the Coriolis terms. In the presence of an underlying current, we seek the trapped waves induced by these solutions in Northern and Southern hemisphere respectively, showing that the retention of the Coriolis force in the governing equations affects significantly the range of the admissible following and adverse currents.


The authors consider equations of geophysical hydrodynamics for surface gravity waves interacting with a subsurface current. It is known that surface waves may exist in a state trapped by the underlying current. In this work, the equations retain full terms accounting for the Coriolis force, in the Northern or Southern hemisphere. The objective is to investigate how a range of parameters of the underlying current, which admit the trapping solutions for the waves, is affected by the Coriolis terms. It is concluded that the effect of the latter terms is quite essential.











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