 Bottom Ekman layer (source code)

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= Bottom Ekman layer
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A viscous no-slip boundary below a geostrophic current creates a bottom Ekman layer of thickness $\delta=(2\nu/|f|)^{1/2}$. Its depth-integrated ageostrophic transport has a component opposite the geostrophic current and a transverse component set by the sign of $f$.

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