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Some aspects of time-dependent motion of a stratified rotating fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

GÖUsta Walin
GÖUsta Walin
Affiliation:
Institute of Meteorology, University of Stockholm
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Abstract

Time-dependent motion of a rotating stratified fluid is analyzed within the quasigeostrophic approximation. A few examples of mechanically driven flow are analyzed. It is found that the motion is characterized by the ratio B of the stability frequency and the Coriolis parameter. Thus the ratio of the horizontal and vertical characteristic scale is in general O(B). In particular the decay process caused by a horizontal boundary will penetrate a distance B−1L into the fluid, L denoting the horizontal scale of the motion.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , 14 April 1969 , pp. 289 - 307
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© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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