Remarks on a homogeneous model of ocean circulation

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Colin, T.

Affiliations: CEA, Centre d'études de Limeil-Valenton, F-94195 Villeneuve Saint-Georges Cedex, France

Note: [] Present address: Mathématiques Appliquées, CNRS et Université Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France.

Abstract: We consider a simplified model of ocean circulation. We give a mathematical justification of a singular limit process which leads to the Sverdrup relation. This singular limit implies the existence of boundary layers that correspond to currents intensification near the western coast of oceans.

DOI: 10.3233/ASY-1996-12204

Journal: Asymptotic Analysis, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 153-168, 1996