Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes
Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes
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Boston: American Meteorological Society
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The near-bottom mixing that allows abyssal waters to upwell tilts isopycnals and spins up flow over the flanks of midocean ridges. Meso- and large-scale currents along sloping topography are subjected to a delicate balance of Ekman arrest and spindown. These two seemingly disparate oceanographic phenomena share a common theory, which is based on a...
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Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2676125030
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0022-3670
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1520-0485
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10.1175/JPO-D-21-0173.1