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Resonant excitation of trapped waves by Poincaré waves in the coastal waveguides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2011

G. M. REZNIK  and
V. ZEITLIN
G. M. REZNIK
Affiliation:
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36, Nahimovski Prospect, Moscow 117997, Russia
V. ZEITLIN*
Affiliation:
LMD–ENS, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, 75005, France University of Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu 75005, Paris, France
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

After having revisited the theory of linear waves in the rotating shallow-water model with a straight coast and arbitrary shelf/beach bathymetry, we undertake a detailed study of resonant interaction of free Poincaré waves with modes trapped in the coastal waveguide. We describe and quantify the mechanisms of resonant excitation of waveguide modes and their subsequent nonlinear saturation. We obtain the modulation equations for the amplitudes of excited waveguide modes in the absence and in the presence of spatial modulation and analyse their solutions. Different saturation regimes are exhibited, depending on the nature of the modes involved. The excitation is proved to be efficient, i.e. the saturated amplitudes of the excited waves considerably exceed the amplitude of the generator waves. Back-influence of the excited waveguide modes onto the open ocean results in a phase shift of the reflected Poincaré waves and possible energy redistribution between them. A comparison of rotating and non-rotating cases displays substantial differences in excitation mechanisms in the two cases.

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Geophysical and Geological Flows: Ocean processes Geophysical and Geological Flows: Shallow water flows Geophysical and Geological Flows: Waves in rotating fluids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 673 , 25 April 2011 , pp. 349 - 394
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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