Hamiltonian description of internal ocean waves with Coriolis force

TL;DR

This paper derives a Hamiltonian-based model for internal ocean waves influenced by Earth's rotation, extending classical formulations to include Coriolis effects and analyzing different wave propagation regimes.

Contribution

It introduces a nearly Hamiltonian formulation incorporating Coriolis forces into internal wave dynamics, extending previous models to account for Earth's rotation effects.

Findings

Derived models resemble Ostrovsky equation for wave propagation.

Analyzed long-wave and intermediate long-wave regimes.

Extended Hamiltonian framework to include Coriolis force effects.

Abstract

The interfacial internal waves are formed at the pycnocline or thermocline in the ocean and are influenced by the Coriolis force due to the Earth's rotation. A derivation of the model equations for the internal wave propagation taking into account the Coriolis effect is proposed. It is based on the Hamiltonian formulation of the internal wave dynamics in the irrotational case, appropriately extended to a {\it nearly} Hamiltonian formulation which incorporates the Coriolis forces. Two propagation regimes are examined, the long-wave and the intermediate long-wave propagation with a small amplitude approximation for certain geophysical scales of the physical variables. The obtained models are of the type of the well-known Ostrovsky equation and describe the wave propagation over the two spatial horizontal dimensions of the ocean surface.