Analytical solutions for circular eddies of the reduced-gravity, shallow-water equations.

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Rubino, A., Brandt, Peter and Hessner, K. (1998) Analytical solutions for circular eddies of the reduced-gravity, shallow-water equations. Open Access Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28 . pp. 999-1002. DOI 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0999:ASFCEO>2.0.CO;2.

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Abstract

New analytical, circular eddy solutions of the nonlinear, reduced-gravity, shallow-water equations in a rotating system are presented. While previous analytical solutions were limited to the description of pulsons, which are oscillating, frontal, warm-core eddies with paraboloidic shape and linear velocity components, the new solutions describe more general radial structures of eddy shape and azimuthal velocity. In particular, the new solutions, which contain as a subset the circular pulson solution, also allow for the description of circular, frontal, warm-core eddies with small azimuthal velocities at their periphery and/or with motionless cores, which are frequently observed characteristics of warm-core eddies in the World Ocean.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: WARM-CORE RING; GULF-STREAM; 2-LAYER OCEAN; EVOLUTION; 82B
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: AMS (American Meteorological Society)
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2008 17:24
Last Modified: 06 Apr 2018 08:56
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/2181

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