ISSN:
1420-9136
Keywords:
Inertio-gravity waves
;
Stokes drift
;
Lagrangian-mean flow
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Using standard ‘two-scaling’ techniques we calculate the Eulerian- and Lagrangianmean flows induced at second order in amplitude by small-amplitude, transient, non-dissipative, vertically-propagating inertio-gravity waves on anf-plane. The example is an idealized one, but illustrates a number of important features that are typical of wave, mean-flow interaction in a rotating, stratified fluid. Physical discussion of the solution is given in Section 4 of the review byMcIntyre (1980), which appears elsewhere in this issue.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01586450