Abstract: A formulation of the vorticity equation in terms of Ekman, baroclinic and barotropic transports, defined such that the bottom is the reference level-of-no-motion for the baroclinic velocity, yields a topographic-Sverdrup ...

Abstract: A numerical model of the upwelling circulation on a continental shelf is presented which employs f-plane dynamics. is continuously stratified, and assumes that all quantities are uniform alongshore with a local mass balance ...

Abstract: The behavior of a barotropic Rossby wave in a zonal current is studied theoretically using a beta-plane ocean of constant depth in which the current depends only on latitude. The wave may be reflected or absorbed, depending ...