Tides in shallow water: Spectroscopy

Brent S. Gallagher; Walter H. Munk

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v23i4-5.10515

Tides in shallow water: Spectroscopy

Tellus

Volume 23 (1971): Issue 4-5

By: Brent S. Gallagher and Walter H. Munk

Open Access

|Jan 1971

Abstract

Non-linear distortions of long waves (tides) in shallow water are analysod. The effects of finite wave amplitude, bottom slope, friction, and multi-chromatic interactions are investigated separately and in combination, using both perturbation analysis and numerical solutions of the full non-linear equations. The distortions caused by each source of non-linear behavior are presented in the time and frequency domains, and some implications of the results for local and ocean-wide tide predictions are discussed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v23i4-5.10515 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 346 - 363

Submitted on: Mar 3, 1971

Published on: Jan 1, 1971

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1971 Brent S. Gallagher, Walter H. Munk, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 23 (1971): Issue 4-5