Some Effects of an Elliptic Ridge on Waves of Tidal Frequency

Richard W. Reynolds Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822

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Abstract

A numerical finite-difference model using the Laplace tidal equations on an f-plane was developed to predict how tidal motion is disturbed by an elliptic ridge. With the use of an open-ocean matching condition the model was used to study the effects of several generalized types of elliptic bottom topographies and to study the particular case of the Hawaiian Ridge.

Abstract

A numerical finite-difference model using the Laplace tidal equations on an f-plane was developed to predict how tidal motion is disturbed by an elliptic ridge. With the use of an open-ocean matching condition the model was used to study the effects of several generalized types of elliptic bottom topographies and to study the particular case of the Hawaiian Ridge.

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