BOUNDARY-CONDITION OF THE SVERDRUP SOLUTION FROM FLOW ENERGETICS

Authors
CRISCIANI F PURINI R
Citation
F. Crisciani et R. Purini, BOUNDARY-CONDITION OF THE SVERDRUP SOLUTION FROM FLOW ENERGETICS, Journal of physical oceanography, 27(2), 1997, pp. 357-361
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Journal of physical oceanography → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223670
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
357 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3670(1997)27:2<357:BOTSSF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The energetics of the wind-driven, quasigeostrophic circulation is use d to rule out the vanishing of the Sverdrup solution in the western bo undary of the ocean, apart from the total solution near the eastern bo undary. The result holds for every wind stress curl.