Affiliation:
1. University of Cambridge , Cambridge, UK
Abstract
Abstract
Inertial waves can form inertial modes, or standing waves, in closed domains. Such modes can play an important role in planetary cores. This chapter starts by establishing the general properties of inertial modes, before going on to discuss the particularly accessible case of modes in a cylinder. The chapter closes with a discussion of the important practical case of modes in a sphere. The topic of inertial modes in confined domains tends to be rather mathematical, and so quickly extends beyond the scope of this text. However, suggestions for further reading are supplied for the more mathematically inclined reader.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford