Mean Flow Generation on a Continental Margin by Periodic Wind Forcing
Mean Flow Generation on a Continental Margin by Periodic Wind Forcing
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周期性风力强迫在大陆边缘产生平均气流
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发表时间:
1983
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通讯作者:
J. Allen
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作者:
D. Denbo;J. Allen
Abstract The generation of an alongshore mean flow by the nonlinear interaction of forced barotropic shelf waves over a continental margin is studied using a wind-forced, f-plane model with bottom friction in an attempt to develop a model for poleward eastern boundary undercurrents. It is assumed that the Rossby number is small and that the flow obeys a long-wave approximations. A periodic alongshore wind stress traveling along the coast forces the fluid by a nonzero wind stress at the coast (coastal forcing) or by a wind-stress-curl-driven oceanic flow that images on the slope (interior forcing). Expressions are derived for the alongshore (v) and cross-shelf (u) mean velocities in terms of the lowest order periodic velocities. An expression for the correlation coefficients of vux, where x is the cross-shelf coordinate, is derived that depends only on the sign of the bottom slope, the magnitude of friction, the local water depth and the forcing frequency. The momentum flux and Reynolds stress in the surfa...