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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2805-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2805-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Research article
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06 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2025

On the applicability of linear wave theories to simulations on the mid-latitude β-plane

Itamar Yacoby, Hezi Gildor, and Nathan Paldor

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The paper examines the applicability of known linear wave theories to numerical simulations of two, zonally invariant, fundamental problems of Physical Oceanography: Geostrophic adjustment and Ekman Adjustment. By simulating the problems with a modified version of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Circulation Model (MITgcm) we show that neither of the known wave theories can explain the results of the simulations in large and small meridional domains and for long and short times.
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