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Research article
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06 Nov 2025
Research article |
| 06 Nov 2025
| 06 Nov 2025
On the applicability of linear wave theories to simulations on the mid-latitude β-plane
Itamar Yacoby
Present Affiliation: Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Hezi Gildor
Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Nathan Paldor
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Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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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.
The paper examines the applicability of known linear wave theories to numerical simulations of...
