Forced baroclinic ocean motions, III: The linear equatorial basin case

Authors

Mark A. Cane, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, U.S.A.
E. S. Sarachik, Center for Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

Previous work on the linear spin-up of an equatorial ocean is extended to include the specific effects of the north-south extent of the basin, thus allowing a detailed comparison of analytic spin-up theory with numerical calculations….

Recommended Citation

Cane, Mark A., and E. S. Sarachik. 1979. "Forced baroclinic ocean motions, III: The linear equatorial basin case." Journal of Marine Research 37, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1473