On the Blue Shift of the Inertial Oscillation Frequency
in the Ocean

V. V. Novotryasov

Pacific Institute of Oceanology, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Baltiiskaya ul. 43, Vladivostok, 690041 Russia

Received September 14, 1994; in final form, March 1, 1995

Abstract—The influence of the Ekman turbulent benthic boundary layer on inertial oscillations is studied on
the basis of a simple barotropic -plane model of the ocean. It is shown that the account taken for the friction
in the Ekman layer leads to a shift of inertial oscillations into a higher frequency range with respect to the theory
which neglects viscosity.

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