Abstract
In inviscid shallow water models currents generated by spatially uniform winds are transient and are eliminated by Rossby and equatorial Kelvin waves excited at the eastern and western coasts, respectively. The inclusion of mixing processes can lead to an entirely different steady state in which currents are present. It is shown that the mixing of heat affects the steady state more than does the mixing of momentum because the waves that are important in the oceanic adjustment are divergent.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 345-357 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 1985 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Science(all)
- Soil Science
- Engineering(all)
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)