A note on long Rossby waves on a quiescent abyss (Articolo in rivista)

Type

• Articolo in rivista (Classe)
• Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)

Label

• A note on long Rossby waves on a quiescent abyss (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

• 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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• 10.1140/epjp/i2011-11036-6 (literal)

Alternative label

• F. Crisciani and R. Purini (2011)
  A note on long Rossby waves on a quiescent abyss
  in European journal of physics (Print)
  (literal)

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• F. Crisciani and R. Purini (literal)

Pagina inizio

• 1 (literal)

Pagina fine

• 7 (literal)

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• 126 (literal)

Rivista

• European journal of physics (Rivista)

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• 4 (literal)

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• ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)
• Scopus (literal)

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• ISMAR - UOS Trieste ISAC - UOS Roma (literal)

Titolo

• A note on long Rossby waves on a quiescent abyss (literal)

Abstract

• The framework of the investigation is the propagation of quasi-geostrophic Rossby waves in a two-layer ocean, within the ?-plane approximation. The propagation of long Rossby waves in the upper layer is considered, while the lower layer represents a hypothetical resting abyss. It is shown, by means of a systematic scale analysis, that this model implies that the depth of the permanent pycnocline relative to the total ocean depth is of the same order of magnitude as a typical parameter inherent to the ?-plane approximation. From the quantitative point of view, there is a full accordance between the depth of the permanent pycnocline so estimated and the real one. The phase velocity of the so-obtained long Rossby waves, which are non-dispersive, results to be closer to observations than the phase velocity of the first baroclinic mode of long Rossby waves in a continuously stratified ocean. We point out also that the same kind of propagation of a standard Rossby wave would require an unrealistically small thickness of the upper layer. Thus, in the latter case, Rossby waves necessarily propagate also in the lower layer. © Società Italiana di Fisica / Springer-Verlag 2011. (literal)

Prodotto di

• Marine science institute (ISMAR) (Istituto)
• Institute of atmospheric sciences and climate (ISAC) (Istituto)
• Climatologia dinamica (TA.P02.012.002) (Modulo)

Autore CNR

• FULVIO CRISCIANI (Unità di personale interno)
• ROBERTO PURINI (Persona)

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Prodotto

• Institute of atmospheric sciences and climate (ISAC) (Istituto)
• Marine science institute (ISMAR) (Istituto)
• Climatologia dinamica (TA.P02.012.002) (Modulo)

Autore CNR di

• ROBERTO PURINI (Persona)
• FULVIO CRISCIANI (Unità di personale interno)

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• European journal of physics (Rivista)