Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary

We are concerned here with the behavior of a rotating, stratified fluid near a sloping rigid boundary, with boundary conditions of zero normal buoyancy flux and no slip. Although this is an interesting fluid dynamical problem in its own right, we have been motivated by two major, and at first sight...

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Published in:Annual review of fluid mechanics 1993-01, Vol.25 (1), p.291-323
Main Authors: Garrett, C, MacCready, P, Rhines, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dynamics of the ocean (upper and deep oceans)
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Marine
Physics of the oceans
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Summary:We are concerned here with the behavior of a rotating, stratified fluid near a sloping rigid boundary, with boundary conditions of zero normal buoyancy flux and no slip. Although this is an interesting fluid dynamical problem in its own right, we have been motivated by two major, and at first sight disparate, topics in physical oceanography.
ISSN:0066-4189
1545-4479
DOI:10.1146/annurev.fl.25.010193.001451