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Title: | Balance in non-hydrostatic rotating shallow-water flows |
Authors: | Jalali, MR Dritschel, DG |
Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2021 |
Publisher: | Publisher Logo Physics of Fluids |
Citation: | Jalali, M.R and Dritschel, D.G. (2021) 'Balance in non-hydrostatic rotating shallow-water flows', Physics of Fluids, 33(8), pp. 1 - 12. doi:10.1063/5.0057707. |
Abstract: | Unsteady nonlinear shallow-water flows typically emit inertia-gravity waves through a process called “spontaneous adjustment-emission.” This process has been studied extensively within the rotating shallow-water model, the simplest geophysical model having the required capability. Here, we consider what happens when the hydrostatic assumption underpinning the shallow-water model is dropped. This assumption is in fact not necessary for the derivation of a two-dimensional or single-layer flow model. All one needs is that the horizontal flow field be independent of height in the fluid layer. Then, vertical averaging yields a single-layer flow model with the full range of expected conservation laws, similar to the shallow-water model yet allowing for non-hydrostatic effects. These effects become important for horizontal scales comparable to or less than the depth of the fluid layer. In a rotating flow, such scales may be activated if the Rossby deformation length (the ratio of the characteristic gravity-wave speed to the Coriolis frequency) is comparable to the depth of the fluid layer. Then, the range of frequencies supporting inertia-gravity waves is compressed, and the group velocity of these waves is reduced. We find that this change in wave properties has the effect of strongly suppressing spontaneous adjustment-emission and trapping inertia-gravity waves near regions of relatively strong circulation. |
Description: | DATA AVAILABILITY: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/24849 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0057707 |
ISSN: | 1070-6631 |
Other Identifiers: | 086601 086601 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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