Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Table 6 The horizontal wavenumber, wavelength, and group speed for a frequency of 6 cpd (period = 4 h; ω = 4.36 × 10−4 × s−1) in a water depth of 500 m and an upper layer thickness of 200 m at 32.5° N, following the equations in Table 1
Wave type | Mode | k (m−1) | λH (km) | cg (m s−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Two-layer interfacial wave: ∞ over ∞ | – | 1.6 × 10−5 | 64 | 14 |
Two-layer interfacial wave: finite over ∞: barotropic | – | 1.9 × 10−8 | 51,000 | 11,000 |
Two-layer interfacial wave: finite over ∞: baroclinic shallow water | – | 2.0 × 10−4 | 5.0 | 2.2 |
Continuous stratification without rotation | 1 | 1.8 × 10−4 | 5.7 | 2.5 |
2 | 3.5 × 10−4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | |
Continuous stratification with rotation | 1 | 1.7 × 10−4 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
2 | 3.4 × 10−4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | |
Barotropic Kelvin wave | – | 6.2 × 10−6 | 160 | 70 |
Baroclinic Kelvin wave | – | 2.0 × 10−4 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
Barotropic Poincaré wave | – | 6.1 × 10−6 | 163 | 69 |
Baroclinic Poincaré wave | 1 | 1.7 × 10−4 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
2 | 3.5 × 10−4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | |
Shallow water surface gravity wave | – | 6.2 × 10−6 | 160 | 70 |
Deep water surface gravity wave | – | 1.9 × 10−8 | 51,000 | 11,000 |