CMECS > Water Column > Hydroform > Wave > Coastally Trapped Wave
Topographic Wave
Hydroform Type: A sub-basin scale wave that is driven by wind-stress from the passage of cyclones across or along the shelf, with long period (~ 5 days) and to which a vorticity is imparted by the apparent Coriolis effect.
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