Linear wave solutions of a stochastic shallow water model

arXiv2304.10183MaRDI QIDQ6433722FDOQ6433722

Authors: E. Mémin, Long Li, Noé Lahaye, Gilles Tissot, Bertrand Chapron 

Publication date: 20 April 2023

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the wave solutions of a stochastic rotating shallow water model. This approximate model provides an interesting simple description of the interplay between waves and random forcing ensuing either from the wind or coming as the feedback of the ocean on the atmosphere and leading in a very fast way to the selection of some wavelength. This interwoven, yet simple, mechanism explains the emergence of typical wavelength associated to near inertial waves. Ensemble-mean waves that are not in phase with the random forcing are damped at an exponential rate, whose magnitude depends on the random forcing variance. Geostrophic adjustment is also interpreted as a statistical homogenization process in which, in order to conserve potential vorticity, the small-scale component tends to align to the velocity fields to form a statistically homogeneous random field.

Has companion code repository: https://github.com/matlong/sw-wave-lu

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