The sloping boundary exerts the pressure drag
(1)
on the fluid. At generation this equals : the mountain supplies a negative vertical flux of horizontal momentum to the wave. Where the wave dissipates, convergence of that flux transfers the same westward momentum to the mean flow. A forcing that maintains the prescribed uniform basic current must supply the compensating eastward momentum.

Ancestors (10)

  1. 4
  2. Paper 333
  3. iii
  4. 2021
  5. Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
  6. Mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
  7. Course of the University of Cambridge
  8. University of Cambridge
  9. List of universities
  10. Home

View article source

Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
See all articles in the same topic Create my own version