On long waves on a rotating earth
- 1 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 22 (2), 209-216
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211206500068x
Abstract
General solutions are obtained for the long gravity wave equation from solutions of the wave equation in three dimensions. The method is applied to the theory of Tsunamis. It is also suggested that these waves are the cause of the shelf oscillations observed at Guadelupe.Keywords
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- Measurements of southern swell at Guadalupe IslandDeep Sea Research (1953), 1957
- Diffraction of Tidal Waves on Flat Rotating Sheets of WaterProceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 1915