1 / 7

b 0 =0

Sverdrup interior.  2 p + [(2*H* b 0 )/(d *|f 0 |)] ∂ x p + [2/d ] f 0 /|f 0 | ∂ y t (x) = 0. Stommel boundary. Vorticity:. b 0 =0. b 0 >0. -p ( x,y ). t (x). f -plane:. b -plane:. f const x const. f + x -. f const x const. f - x +. f + x = const. f + x = const.

owena
Télécharger la présentation

b 0 =0

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Sverdrup interior 2p + [(2*H*b0)/(d*|f0|)] ∂xp + [2/d] f0/|f0| ∂yt(x)= 0 Stommel boundary Vorticity: b0=0 b0>0 -p(x,y) t(x) f-plane: b-plane: fconst xconst f+ x- fconst xconst f- x+ f+ x = const. f+ x = const.

  2. Stommel, H., 1951: An elementary explanation of why ocean currents are strongest in the West, BAMS, 32, 21-23. West East Vorticity tendencies due to 1. Planetary b-effect: Vorticity tendencies due to 2. Wind-stress Curl: Vorticity tendencies due to 3. Friction: Total vorticity tendencies: -1.0 (-9.0) +1.0 (+0.9) -1.0 (-1.0) -1.0 (-1.0) +0.1 (+10) +0.1 (+0.1) -1.9 (0.0) +0.1 (0.0) f+ x- f- x+ f+ x = const.

  3. Modeled Sea Surface Temperature Gulfstream

  4. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/oceans/physical/OSC.html

  5. Barotropic Instability of a Shear Flow (Gaussian Strip of Vorticity): y x http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~hakim/542/barotropic.html

More Related