ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE THICKNESS OF THE BAROCLINIC LAYER OF THE SEA,

Abstract

The author considers the equilibrium distribution of velocity, pressure, density and sea-surface elevation in a canal subject to a zonal wind stress. A principle result is that the diffusion of density approximately balances advective effects when the linearized perturbations are assumed to have an exponential decay with depth. The resulting characteristic thickness of the baroclinic layer is some 22 times the Ekman frictional depth. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0656698

Entities

People

  • P. S. Lineikin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffusion
  • Elevation
  • Mathematics
  • Perturbations
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Stresses
  • Thickness
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Statistical inference.