Stochastic Wind Forcing of Baroclinic Rossby Waves in the Presence of a Meridional Boundary
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- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 15 (2) , 184-194
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1985)015<0184:swfobr>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The quasigeostrophic response of a continuously stratified ocean to a band-limited white-noise windstress curl is examined in an infinite and semi-infinite ocean. Baroclinic Rossby waves—predominantly of first mode character-determine an energy range in the frequency spectra as a result of the finite range of scales in the forcing and wave dispersion. Free waves emanating from an eastern boundary superimpose on resonantly excited waves and lead to a nonhomogeneous zonal distribution of energy with increases westward.Keywords
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