A unified asymptotic derivation of two-layer, frontal geostrophic models including planetary sphericity and variable topography

DOI10.1063/1.870121zbMath1149.76427OpenAlexW2138644449MaRDI QIDQ3543813

Gordon E. Swaters, Richard H. Karsten

Publication date: 5 December 2008

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/148d0a7803e54ad80e06c0339f18938d46f292cc

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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