A simple nonlinear model of the generation of Kelvin waves is presented and applied to internal Kelvin waves in Lake Michigan. It is shown that a Kelvin wave which has a wavelength longer than the Rossby radius of deformation steepens. This may explain “warm fronts” in records of nearshore temperature in Lake Michigan.
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John R. Bennett (1973) studied this question.