We present a rigorous analysis of the nonlinear surface waves in the presence of a zonal current under the effects of Earth's rotation derived by Constantin and Monismith (J Fluid Mech 820:511-528, 2017). It is shown that the three-dimensional Lagrangian flow-map describing this exact solution is a global diffeomorphism, resulting in a flow description that is dynamically possible.
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