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Munk develops a depth-integrated wind-driven ocean-circulation model with lateral eddy viscosity, coupling inherited interior transport balance to asymmetric coastal layers and comparing predicted currents with observations.
Scientific scope
Munk develops a depth-integrated wind-driven ocean-circulation model with lateral eddy viscosity, coupling inherited interior transport balance to asymmetric coastal layers and comparing predicted currents with observations. The model uses a stated wind-driven, idealized basin and lateral-viscosity closure with boundary conditions. Boundary-current structure depends on those approximations. It is not a complete three-dimensional ocean forecast or universal account of turbulent viscosity. Later circulation observations and models receive separate credit.
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Contributors
- Walter H. Munk · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
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