The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform viscosity

<p>We re-visit Ekman's (<span class="cit" id="xref_year.1"><a href="#bib1.bibx5">1905</a></span>) classic problem of wind-stress-induced ocean currents to help interpret observed deviations from Ekman's theory, in particular from...

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Main Authors: D. G. Dritschel, N. Paldor, A. Constantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-09-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:https://os.copernicus.org/articles/16/1089/2020/os-16-1089-2020.pdf