Publication:3917739
zbMath0465.76022MaRDI QIDQ3917739
Publication date: 1980
baroclinic instabilitygeophysical fluid dynamicssolar heatingnon-dimensional parametersTaylor columnbeta-plane approximationvertical shear layersspin-up time scaleanalogies between rotation and stratificationbasic models for the motion of the ocean and atmosphereEkman layer equationsformation of cyclone wavesgravity on a fluid of non-uniform densityGulf stream boundary layer theorylatitudinal variation of solarsmall scale problems are excludedsolar spindown controversyTaylor-Proudman theoremstea-cup experiment
Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geophysics (86-01) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-01) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Geophysics (86A99)
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