The theory of coastally trapped waves has been developed for the bottom topography of two opposite continental shelves that meet along a common trough. The double shelf topography supports two sets of waves propagating in opposite directions. For this topography, the Kelvin waves are an important mode of motion; therefore the inclusion of the horizontal divergence effect is crucial. Other modes of motion are made up by the continental shelf waves. The double shelf model of straight coasts and constant cross-shore slope is applied to the Yellow Sea for the period of January 10 to April 12, 1986, during which direct observations in the trough of currents and bottom pressure were made. There is good agreement between the model results and the observations. The fluctuations of bottom pressure are chiefly accounted for by the Kelvin wave mode and those of the currents by the continental shelf wave modes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: B, page: 1924. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76147 |
| Contributors | PANG, IG-CHAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 141 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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