Variable eddy viscosities in the atmospheric boundary layer from ageostrophic wind-speed profiles

DOI10.1007/S00021-021-00575-1zbMath1464.76206OpenAlexW3140704039MaRDI QIDQ2026701

Tony Lyons

Publication date: 20 May 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00021-021-00575-1

zbMATH Keywords

exact solutiondeflection angleboundary layer Ekman floweddy viscosity coefficienthorizontal momentum transfer rate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Geophysical flows (76U60)

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• Analytical atmospheric Ekman-type solutions with height-dependent eddy viscosities
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