Dynamic Boundary Conditions Revisited
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 31 (8) , 2489-2497
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2489:dbcr>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The applicability of the super-slip boundary condition in wind-driven quasigeostrophic ocean circulation models is reexamined. The energy and enstrophy characteristics of the super-slip condition are discussed for the equilibrium state. A model is constructed with super-slip on the western boundary and free slip on the other boundaries. Both linear and nonlinear solutions are presented. Compared to the case with all free-slip boundaries, this new model gives a more energetic and narrower western boundary current, but otherwise the differences are not very great.Keywords
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