Abstract
A simple potential flow describing the evacuation of fluid from a circular cylinder is presented. The effect of Coriolis force on this outflow is considered. For large Rossby number, it is shown that a circulation 2πΩ sin α(α2- r2) G(t) develops in a circuit distance r from the axis of the cylinder, where Ω is the earth's angular speed, α the latitude, α the radius of the cylinder and G(t) the fraction of the fluid that has been evacuated from the cylinder.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v18i1.9180 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 77 - 78
Submitted on: Jul 16, 1965
Accepted on: Oct 13, 1965
Published on: Jan 1, 1966
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1966 R. F. Chisnell, published by Stockholm University Press
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