An example of the modification of ocean currents by bottom topography

N. G. Barton

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v28i3.10289

An example of the modification of ocean currents by bottom topography

Tellus

Volume 28 (1976): Issue 3

By: N. G. Barton

Open Access

|Jan 1976

Abstract

A mathematical model is presented for steady currents in ocean basins which become deeper towards the poles. Relatively large currents occur in an interior layer at the line where ∂(∂y)(f/h) changes sign, (f is the Coriolis parameter, h the depth and y a northward co-ordinate). The flow in the interior layer is described quantitatively and the work thus complements recent studies by Kamenkovich & Mitrofanov (1971) and Brink et al. (1973).

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