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A Note on the Laboratory Simulation of Planetary Flows
Author(s) -
Greenspan H. P.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1002/sapm1969482147
Subject(s) - geostrophic wind , analogy , scale (ratio) , classical mechanics , physics , mechanics , statistical physics , geology , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics
The depth‐averaged equations used frequently as a model for large scale motions in the ocean are shown to be the exact theory for quasi‐geostrophic flows in special laboratory configurations. This analogy permits the simulation of certain planetary phenomena.