A Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's
Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline. A feature of a Kelvin wave is that it is non-dispersive, i.e., the
phase speed of the wave crests is equal to the
group speed of the wave energy for all frequencies. This means that it retains its shape in the alongshore direction over time.
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