Three-Dimensional Adjustment of Stratified Flow Over a Sloping Bottom.

摘要

This study focused on understanding how advection of density within the bottom boundary layer influence the three-dimensional structure, evolution, and dynamics of both the bottom boundary layer and the overlying (interior) flow. Simple theories were developed and then tested and extended using both a numerical model and analysis of oceanic observations. Results indicate the simple theories are relevant to the ocean and that the bottom boundary layer plays an important role in the behavior of ocean currents, even when the boundary layer is thin compared to the current depth.