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The reflection of water waves by shear currents

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The refraction and reflection of linear water waves entering a following jet-type current is considered. A short-wave asymptotic solution is presented and the reflection coefficient found. This varies continuously from zero when the waves are normal to the current to unity when they are very oblique to it. The trapping of waves by an opposing current is also considered.

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, 2033, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia

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McKee, W.D. The reflection of water waves by shear currents. PAGEOPH 115, 937–949 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00881217

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