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Shear layers in a rotating stratified fluid with bottom topography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Yves J. F. Desaubies
Yves J. F. Desaubies
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, La, Jolla
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Abstract

The structure of shear layers due to bottom topography in a rotating stratified fluid is obtained under the restriction σS [Lt ] E½, where σS = ναgΔT/KΩ2L is a measure of the stratification and E = ν/Ω2L is the Ekman number. The layers are found to be similar to the side-wall layers discussed by Barcilon & Pedlosky (19673) if σS [Gt ] E½ and are Stewartson layers if $\sigma S \ll E^{\frac{2}{3}}$. Some comments are made on the possibility of Taylor column formation in a stratified fluid.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , 22 May 1973 , pp. 677 - 687
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© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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