Tidal conversion at a very steep ridge
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where ρ0 is the mean density of seawater, U cos(ωt) the tidal velocity, and f the Coriolis frequency. The function M(b/h) increases monotonically with M(0)= 1, M(0.92)= 2 and M(1)=∞. As b/h→ 1, M diverges logarithmically and consequently the radiated power grows as ln[(h − b)/b]. We also calculate the conversion in a realistically stratified ocean with strongly non-uniform buoyancy frequency, N(z). A rough approximation to the radiated power in this case is
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