On the modeling of nonlinear wind-induced ice-drift ocean currents at the North Pole
Fluid Dynamics
2025-08-25 v2 Analysis of PDEs
Dynamical Systems
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract
Starting from the governing equations for geophysical flows, by means of a thin-shell approximation and a tangent plane approximation, we derive the equations describing, at leading order, the nonlinear ice-drift flow for regions centered around the North Pole. An exact solution is derived in the material/Lagrangian formalism, describing a superposition of oscillations, a mean Ekman flow and a geostrophic current.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.12906,
title = {On the modeling of nonlinear wind-induced ice-drift ocean currents at the North Pole},
author = {Christian Puntini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12906},
year = {2025}
}
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48 pages, 6 figures