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General Circulation of the Ocean

General Circulation of the Ocean. Lecture 6 Lisa Goddard. Main points:. * The ocean is forced from the surface by fluxes of momentum and buoyancy (heat and freshwater). * The wind driven circulation is by far the more energetic and for the most part resides in the ocean’s top kilometer.

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Sverdrup relation in 1 and 1/2 layer model

Sverdrup relation in 1 and 1/2 layer model. Where D is the upper layer thickness v 1 is the geostrophic flow in the upper layer. g’ is the reduced gravity. Integrating over the basin outside the western boundary layer. Under an anticyclone wind stress forcing (independent of y).

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