A modified quasigeostrophic formulation for weakly nonlinear barotropic flow with large-amplitude depth variations

Kiss, Andrew

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A modified quasigeostrophic formulation for weakly nonlinear barotropic flow with large-amplitude depth variations

Date

2003

Authors

Kiss, Andrew

Publisher

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