Abstract: The factors controlling the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) have recently been a topic of heated debate. At the latitudes of Drake Passage, potential vorticity contours are uninterrupted by coastlines, ...

Abstract: Boundary layer separation occurs in classical fluids when the boundary layer is decelerated by an adverse pressure gradient. Here a ?separation formula? is derived for downstream variations in the velocity, or pressure, ...

Abstract: The classical problem of flow past a cylinder is revisited in the context of understanding two oceanographic phenomena: separation of the Gulf Stream from the North American coastline at Cape Hatteras and the interaction ...