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A singularity in an oceanic boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Aileen Creegan ,
P. P. G. Dyke  and
J. A. Johnson
Aileen Creegan
Affiliation:
Polytechnic, Penrhyn RoadKingston-upon-Thames
P. P. G. Dyke
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh
J. A. Johnson
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich
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Abstract

A β-plane ocean is considered, and dissipative processes are modelled by using a coefficient of lateral friction. Attention is focused on the singularity which occurs if the angle that the western boundary makes with the north approaches ½π. The dimensions of the singular region are found using boundary layer techniques, and the solution for the transport stream function valid within it is obtained in closed form.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , March 1975 , pp. 439 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1975

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