Eddy friction in the ocean

Authors

John A.T. Bye, The Horace Lamb Centre for Oceanographical Research, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia

Abstract

The scalar energy spectrum of steady isotropic two-dimensional turbulence is derived for two-dimensional motion in a homogeneous ocean in which the dissipation occurs in a bottom-friction layer. The significant property of the spectrum is a range of wave numbers in which the mean-squared vorticity is conserved and energy is transferred to the friction layer....

Recommended Citation

Bye, John A.. 1970. "Eddy friction in the ocean." Journal of Marine Research 28, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1178