HR: 11:50h
AN: OS12B-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Transmission of Equatorial Waves Through a Strait
AU: * Durland, T
EM: tdurland@soest.hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AB: Numerical and analytical solutions are presented for the transmission of equatorial waves through a narrow strait penetrating a meridional barrier. For narrow straits close to the equator, interference between reflected Kelvin waves within the strait is shown to control the transmission of both Kelvin and Rossby waves. Resonant conditions typical of short strait lengths allows for significant energy transmission even through narrow straits.
DE: 4500 OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL
DE: 4522 El Ni¤o
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting