Surface gravity waves propagating in a rotating frame: The Ekman-Stokes instability
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.4.104802
Abstract: We report on an instability arising when surface gravity waves propagate in a rotating frame. The Stokes drift associated to the uniform wave field, together with global rotation, drives a mean flow in the form… read more here.
Keywords: instability; surface gravity; number; gravity waves ... See more keywords