Ekman spirals for exponential thermal wind

✍ Scribed by L. J. Mahrt; W. Schwerdtfeger

• Book ID: 104655277
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 463 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-8314
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00185735

✦ Synopsis

The equations for a family of wind spirals are derived with the assumption that the thermal wind in the friction layer decreases exponentially with increasing height. The results are discussed with reference to the flow in the planetary boundary layer over the Antarctic Plateau.