Eddy shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom

Eddy shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom

The authors discuss laboratory experiments that elucidate the mechanism of formation and westward drift of anticyclonic baroclinic vortices from a buoyant surface current flowing along a lateral boundary and around a cape. Experiments were carried out with a sloping bottom in order to simulate the t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of physical oceanography 2000-07, Vol.30 (7), p.1514-1531
Hauptverfasser: CENEDESE, C, WHITEHEAD, J. A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cartography
Dynamics of the ocean (upper and deep oceans)
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Marine
Ocean currents
Oceanography
Physics of the oceans
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Zusammenfassung:The authors discuss laboratory experiments that elucidate the mechanism of formation and westward drift of anticyclonic baroclinic vortices from a buoyant surface current flowing along a lateral boundary and around a cape. Experiments were carried out with a sloping bottom in order to simulate the topographic beta effect.
ISSN:0022-3670
1520-0485
DOI:10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1514:ESFABC>2.0.CO;2