Variations on a beta-plane: Derivation of non-traditional beta-plane equations from Hamilton's principle on a sphere

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 674, Issue , 2011, Pages 174-195

  Dellar, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ocean circulation; rotating flows; variational methods

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VECTORS; VORTICITY;

DEPTH-AVERAGED EQUATIONS; HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; TRADITIONAL APPROXIMATION; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

SPHERES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BETA-PLANE; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SPHERE;

EID: 79956024514     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006464     Document Type: Article

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