Steady f-plane circulation in basins with saddle-point bathymetry
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
2007-05-23 v2 Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
J. Nilsson, G. Walin, and G. Brostroem (paper accepted by Journal of Marine Research, 2005) have recently shown how a velocity field in geostrophic and hydrostatic balance in an f-plane may be diagnosed from prescribed distributions of buoyancy and wind stress, in a basin with closed isobaths. I extend their analysis to cover basins with more complex depth contours, treating in particular the behaviour of the flow in the presence of a saddle point.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0503201,
title = {Steady f-plane circulation in basins with saddle-point bathymetry},
author = {Alastair D. Jenkins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0503201},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography. Error corrected in the mathematical derivation