Abstract
Possible flow patterns in a rectangular, β-plane, ocean are generated by assuming that the ocean basin can be divided into an interior region in which the dynamical balance is of the Sverdrup type (1947) and a boundary region where the dynamicai balance is governed by inertial forces. The flow pattern which was derived by CARRIER & ROBINSON (1962) is shown to be the only possible pattern for a one-layer and a two-layer ocean when friction is not taken into account. The impcrtance of friction is discussed and possible alternatives are mentioned for cases in which friction is included.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v15i1.8821 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 59 - 66
Published on: Jan 1, 1963
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1963 George Veronis, published by Stockholm University Press
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