Long Waves on a Rotating Earth in the Presence of a Semi-Infinite Barrier

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Abstract
The problem considered is that of long gravity waves approaching, from an arbitrary direction, a semi-infinite barrier, the whole system being in rotation. It is shown that the rotation gives rise to a wave in the shadow region whose amplitude depends upon the angle of incidence, but whose form is independent of it and which travels along the barrier without attenuation in that direction. The work is an extension and simplification of previous work by Crease, involving the use of methods previously developed by the author.

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