A coastal Kelvin wave is trapped within a Rossby deformation radius of a boundary. It propagates with the boundary on its right in the Northern Hemisphere and on its left in the Southern Hemisphere, and its linear shallow-water potential-vorticity anomaly vanishes.
A Kelvin wave is a type of wave that occurs in a rotating fluid system, such as the ocean or the atmosphere. Named after the physicist Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), these waves are characterized by their propagation along rotating boundaries, like the equator or coastlines, and are influenced by the Coriolis effect. ### Key Features of Kelvin Waves: 1. **Wave Propagation**: Kelvin waves typically propagate along a boundary (e.g.
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