A Viscous, Two-Layer Western Boundary Current Structure Function

The classic oceanographic problem of a 1.5-layer western boundary current evolving along a straight wall is considered. Here, building upon the previous work of Charney, Huang and Kamenkovich, we have derived, solved and validated a new numerical formulation for accounting for viscous effects in suc...

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Main Authors: Charles W. McMahon, Joseph J. Kuehl, Vitalii A. Sheremet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Fluids
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/5/2/63