LINEAR-THEORY OF THE EFFECT OF A SLOPING BOUNDARY ON CIRCULATION IN AHOMOGENEOUS LABORATORY MODEL

Authors
GRIFFITHS RW VERONIS G
Citation
Rw. Griffiths et G. Veronis, LINEAR-THEORY OF THE EFFECT OF A SLOPING BOUNDARY ON CIRCULATION IN AHOMOGENEOUS LABORATORY MODEL, Journal of marine research, 56(1), 1998, pp. 75-86
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Journal of marine research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222402
Volume
56
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
75 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2402(1998)56:1<75:LOTEOA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Griffiths and Veronis (1997) reported observations of the effect of a sloping boundary on the circulation in a sliced-cylinder model of wind -driven circulation in which the flow is driven by the relative rotati on of the top lid. A summary of observations for the nearly linear cas e is given here along with the linear analysis based on the theory of a rotating homogeneous fluid. Good agreement between the two is obtain ed, and the (straightforward) physics of the system is described.