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Steady large-scale ocean flows in spherical coordinates

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Robin Johnson

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© 2018, Oceanography Society. All rights reserved. We show that rotating spherical coordinates can and should be used for the study of steady, large-scale ocean flows, and describe the role of the stream function in simplifying the governing equations and for generating solutions.

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Author(s): Constantin A, Johnson RS

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Oceanography

Year: 2018

Volume: 31

Issue: 3

Pages: 42-50

Online publication date: 21/10/2018

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 04/11/2021

ISSN (print): 1042-8275

ISSN (electronic): 2377-617X

Publisher: Oceanography Society

URL: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.308

DOI: 10.5670/OCEANOG.2018.308

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