A modified quasigeostrophic formulation for weakly nonlinear barotropic flow with large-amplitude depth variations
Date
2003
Authors
Kiss, Andrew
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Elsevier
Abstract
When the β effect is weak, rapidly rotating weakly nonlinear barotropic flow is subject to the "strong" Taylor-Proudman theorem, which severely restricts the horizontal divergence. This constraint is independent of the boundary conditions, and applies ev
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Keywords: barotropic motion; Ekman pumping; modeling; quasi-geostrophic flow; wind-driven circulation Barotropic flow; Laboratory modelling; Large-amplitude topography; Quasigeostrophic theory; Wind-driven circulation
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Ocean Modelling
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