Abstract
The response of steady oceanic boundary currents to topographical forcing is examined by a simplified inviscid one-layer model on a beta-plane. The currents are confined between a solid vertical boundary on one side and a free streamline, beyond which the ocean is motionless, on the other. Approximate solutions for both zonal and meridional currents are obtained using power series expansions in the ratio between the width of the current to the length scale of the topography.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v32i3.10583 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 284 - 295
Submitted on: Jul 18, 1979
Accepted on: Dec 19, 1979
Published on: Jan 1, 1980
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1980 Doron Nof, published by Stockholm University Press
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