Ekman, V. W., 1905: On the influence of the earth’s rotation on ocean-currents. Arch. Math Astron. Phys., 2, 1–53.
Garrett, C., 2004: Frictional processes in straits. Deep-Sea Res. II, 5, 393–410.
McWilliams, J. C., E. Huckle, and A. F. Shchepetkin, 2009: Buoyancy effects in a stratified Ekman layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2581–2599.
Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and D. D. Stretch, 2010: On the turbulent Prandtl number in homogeneous stably stratified turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 644, 359–369, doi:10.1017/S002211200999293X.
Wirth, A., 2009: On the basic structure of oceanic gravity currents. Ocean Dyn., 59, 551–563, doi:10.1007/s10236-009-0202-9.
Wirth, A., 2010: On the Ekman spiral with an anisotropic eddy viscosity. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 137, 327–331, doi:10.1007/s10546-010-9527-7.
Wirth, A., and J. Verron, 2008: Estimation of friction parameters and laws in 1.5D shallow-water gravity currents on the f-plane, by data assimilation. Ocean Dyn., 58, 247–257, doi:10.1007/s10236-008-0151-8.
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It is shown that an interfacial Ekman layer between two water masses of different density vanishes in time for all Prandtl number 0 < Pr < ∞, demonstrating that an interfacial Ekman layer is a transient phenomena and the interface broadens in a way approaching geostrophy. For Pr = 0, undamped inertial oscillations spread away from the interface, and the case Pr = ∞ represents the classical Ekman layer.
It is shown that an interfacial Ekman layer between two water masses of different density vanishes in time for all Prandtl number 0 < Pr < ∞, demonstrating that an interfacial Ekman layer is a transient phenomena and the interface broadens in a way approaching geostrophy. For Pr = 0, undamped inertial oscillations spread away from the interface, and the case Pr = ∞ represents the classical Ekman layer.
Ekman, V. W., 1905: On the influence of the earth’s rotation on ocean-currents. Arch. Math Astron. Phys., 2, 1–53.
Garrett, C., 2004: Frictional processes in straits. Deep-Sea Res. II, 5, 393–410.
McWilliams, J. C., E. Huckle, and A. F. Shchepetkin, 2009: Buoyancy effects in a stratified Ekman layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2581–2599.
Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and D. D. Stretch, 2010: On the turbulent Prandtl number in homogeneous stably stratified turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 644, 359–369, doi:10.1017/S002211200999293X.
Wirth, A., 2009: On the basic structure of oceanic gravity currents. Ocean Dyn., 59, 551–563, doi:10.1007/s10236-009-0202-9.
Wirth, A., 2010: On the Ekman spiral with an anisotropic eddy viscosity. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 137, 327–331, doi:10.1007/s10546-010-9527-7.
Wirth, A., and J. Verron, 2008: Estimation of friction parameters and laws in 1.5D shallow-water gravity currents on the f-plane, by data assimilation. Ocean Dyn., 58, 247–257, doi:10.1007/s10236-008-0151-8.
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