Nonlinear Ekman effects in rotating barotropic flows
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Publication:4500138
DOI10.1017/S0022112000008193zbMath0961.76088OpenAlexW2098096076MaRDI QIDQ4500138
L. Zavala Sansón, G. J. F. Van Heijst
Publication date: 6 December 2000
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008193
nonlinear advectionEkman dampingEkman layerstretching effectsEkman frictionbarotropic vorticeslinear Ekman theorynonlinear Ekman terms in vorticity equationrotating barotropic flow
Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)
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