Abstract: A theory is presented for time-dependent two-layer hydraulic flows through straits. The theory is used to study exchange flows forced by a periodic barotropic (tidal) flow. For a given strait geometry the resulting flow ...

Abstract: Two methods for assessing the hydraulic criticality of an observed or modeled overflow are discussed. The methods are valid for single-layer deep flows with arbitrary potential vorticity and cross section. The first method ...

Abstract: In a previous paper the authors developed an asymptotic time-dependent theory for coherent structures on a marginally stable baroclinic flow. It was shown that solitary waves, as well as other more general disturbances of ...

Abstract: The disintegration of a first-mode internal tide into shorter solitary-like waves is considered. Since observations frequently show both tides and waves with amplitudes beyond the restrictions of weakly nonlinear theory, ...

Abstract: The flow in a source-fed f-plane basin drained through a strait is explored using a single-layer (reduced gravity) shallow-water numerical model that resolves the hydraulic flow within the strait. The steady upstream basin ...

Abstract: The flow in a source-fed f-plane basin drained through a strait is explored using a single-layer (reduced gravity) shallow-water numerical model that resolves the hydraulic flow within the strait. The steady upstream basin ...

Abstract: The circulation of fluid in a basin containing several topographic barriers is considered. Meridional barriers situated east of another barrier ?shadow? the western barrier with respect to Rossby wave propagation. The ...

Abstract: AbstractUsing a recently developed asymptotic theory of internal solitary wave propagation over a sloping bottom in a rotating ocean, some new qualitative and quantitative features of this process are analyzed for internal ...

Abstract: nternal solitary waves commonly observed in the coastal ocean are often modeled by a nonlinear evolution equation of the Korteweg?de Vries type. Because these waves often propagate for long distances over several inertial ...