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On Some Background Flows for Tsunami Waves

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With the aim to describe the state of the sea in a coastal region prior to the arrival of a tsunami, we show the existence of background flow fields with a flat free surface which model isolated regions of vorticity outside of which the water is at rest.

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Geyer, A. On Some Background Flows for Tsunami Waves. J. Math. Fluid Mech. 14, 141–158 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00021-011-0055-0

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