Publication Date:
2001
abstract:
The dynamics of zonal recirculating flows (beta-plumes) driven by a source of potential vorticity, or a sink of mass, located at the eastern boundary of an ocean basin are investigated using analytical solutions of the barotropic, linear, steady quasigeostrophic equation with bottom and lateral friction.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Zonal flow; Potential vorticy in ocean; Quasi-geostrophic motion; Ocean circulation
List of contributors:
Crisciani, Fulvio
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