A hamiltonian derivation of interaction equations for Rossby waves

• The mode coupling equations for Rossby waves in a bounded periodic channel are derived by means of a Hamiltonian method. The streamfunction is used as field variable and we need not introduce Clebsch potentials or a lagrangian description. The Manley-Rowe relations follow from general hamiltonian theory.

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Hamiltonian formulation

fluid

Rossby waves

teoretisk fysik

Theoretical Physics

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