Kiss, Andrew2015-12-132015-12-131463-5003http://hdl.handle.net/1885/91714When 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 evKeywords: barotropic motion; Ekman pumping; modeling; quasi-geostrophic flow; wind-driven circulation Barotropic flow; Laboratory modelling; Large-amplitude topography; Quasigeostrophic theory; Wind-driven circulationA modified quasigeostrophic formulation for weakly nonlinear barotropic flow with large-amplitude depth variations200310.1016/S1463-5003(02)00038-02015-12-12