The Gulf Stream: Inertia and friction

Gad Assaf

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i2.11338

The Gulf Stream: Inertia and friction

Tellus

Volume 29 (1977): Issue 2

By: Gad Assaf

Open Access

|Jan 1977

Abstract

The inertial theory of the Gulf Stream (Charney, 1955) is extended to include vertical friction in the cyclonic shear zone (the western side) of the stream. The vertical friction is assumed to be controlled by local Froude conditions.

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