Friction and Diapycnal Mixing at a Slope: Boundary Control of Potential Vorticity
Although atmospheric forcing by wind stress or buoyancy flux is known to change the ocean’s potential vorticity (PV) at the surface, less is understood about PV modification in the bottom boundary layer. The adjustment of a geostrophic current over a sloped bottom in a stratified ocean generates PV...
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American Meteorological Society
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80780 |