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Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes

Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes

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Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes

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Full title

Rapid Spinup and Spindown of Flow along Slopes

Publisher

Boston: American Meteorological Society

Journal title

Journal of physical oceanography, 2022-04, Vol.52 (4), p.579

Language

English

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Boston: American Meteorological Society

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Contents

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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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2676125030

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2676125030

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ISSN

0022-3670

E-ISSN

1520-0485

DOI

10.1175/JPO-D-21-0173.1

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