Abstract: An idealized problem of a western boundary current of Munk thickness LM flowing across a gap in a ridge is considered using a single-layer depth-averaged approach. When the gap (of width 2a) is narrow, a ? 3.12LM, viscous ...

Abstract: The problem of a recirculation gyre driven by a zonal jet on a ? plane is considered. In a limiting case of a strong jet, when the structure of the flow depends only on the momentum flux J of the jet, an asymptotic scaling ...

Abstract: An oceanographically generic problem of the interaction of a boundary current with bathymetric features such as a gap in the ridge or a strait between two islands is considered. Multiple flow patterns (penetrating or leaping ...