@article{fdi:39885,
  title = {{E}ffect of low latitude {W}estern boundary gaps on the reflection of {E}quatorial motions},
  author = {{P}enhoat, {Y}ves du and {C}ane, {M}.{A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {W}estern {T}ropical {P}acific is thought to be an important zone for generating {E}l {N}ino : reflections at the boundary make it a potential source region of {E}quatorial {K}elvin waves. {C}alculations of the effect of a gappy {W}estern boundary on the reflection process are carried out in the framework of the low frequency limit of the shallow water equations and are highly idealized. {T}he method is also applied to a schematic version of the flow through the {I}ndonesian seas from the {W}estern {P}acific to the {I}ndian oceans. {T}he results indicate somestrong sensitivities to the location of the gap and to the structure of the incoming flows. {I}n addition, the results can be quite different, depending on whether the zonal extend of the gap is assumed to be infinite or finite. ({M}ore precisely, the latter means that the extend of the gap is short compared with the zonal wavelength of the relevant free waves at that frequency). {I}n view of the complexity of the results for even such a simplified model, it will be very difficult to be confident of any modelling study of the {I}ndonesian throughflow short of a highly resolved numerical calculation with a detailed representation of the geometry and bathymetry},
  keywords = {{CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {EL} {NINO} ; {ONDE} {ROSSBY} ; {MODELE} ; {ANALYSE} {MATHEMATIQUE} ; {ONDE} {KELVIN} ; {ENSO} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL} {OUEST} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch},
  volume = {96},
  numero = {},
  pages = {3307--3322},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {1991},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:39885},
}