Basic approximations for large scale motion in equatorial regions

Authors

  • KIRIT S. YAJNIK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v29i1.2878

Keywords:

equatorial regions, coriolis parameter, monsoon over the Indian Ocean.

Abstract

An exploratory study of approximations for the equatorial region is given to stress the rapid variation of coriolis parameter with latitude, and the consequential differences in the length scales in meridional and zonal directions. The resulting equations retain coriolis as well as non-linear inertia terms in zonal momentum balance. This approximation for dominantly zonal flow is supplemented with another for a sublayer near the equator where the meridional flow might be dominant in case of large interhemispheric transport, as in monsoon over the Indian Ocean.

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Published

01-01-1978

How to Cite

[1]
K. S. . YAJNIK, “Basic approximations for large scale motion in equatorial regions”, MAUSAM, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 198–204, Jan. 1978.

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (1978): MAUSAM

Section

Research Papers

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