The long-term circulation driven by density currents in a two-layer stratified basin

• Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
• Main Authors: WELLS, M. G., WETTLAUFER, J. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Rho
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006003478; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022112006003478

Experimentation and theory are used to study the long-term dynamics of a two-dimensional density current flowing into a two-layer stratified basin. When the initial Richardson number, $\hbox{\it Ri}_{\rho}^{\hbox{\scriptsize\it in}}$ , characterizing the ratio of the background stratification to the...