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On the Effect of Bottom Friction on Barotropic Motion Over the Continental Shelf
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | On the Effect of Bottom Friction on Barotropic Motion Over the Continental Shelf |
| Names |
Brink, Kenneth H.
(creator) Allen, J. S. (creator) |
| Date Issued | 1978-09 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | Observations of the velocity fields over the continental shelf and slope off Oregon and off Peru have shown that there is a phase difference in the onshore-offshore direction, with the velocity fluctuations nearshore leading those offshore in time. It is shown here that the effects of bottom Ekman layer friction and cross-shelf depth variation combine to result in such a phase lag in a model for forced or free long barotropic continental shelf waves. The model also shows that bottom friction results in a smaller phase lag between the alongshore components of velocity and wind stress than that predicted by a frictionless model, a feature found in the observations off Oregon. |
| Genre | Article |
| Identifier | Brink, K. H., & Allen, J. S. (1978, September). On the Effect of Bottom Friction on Barotropic Motion Over the Continental Shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 8(5), 919-922. |
