 Stommel boundary layer (source code)

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= Stommel boundary layer
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The Stommel boundary layer closes a Sverdrup interior using linear drag. Balancing beta-effect advection against drag gives width
$$
\delta=\frac{\gamma f_0}{\beta}
$$
for the normalization in which quasi-geostrophic drag is $-\gamma\nabla^2\psi$.

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