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6 - Wind-Driven Flows in Homogeneous, Semienclosed Basins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
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University of Florida
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Summary

This chapter continues studying flows in homogeneous semienclosed basins. The main flow driver in this case is the wind. Density gradients and their dynamic impact continue to be neglected. Flows driven by density gradients will be treated in the Chapter 7. The present chapter begins with a presentation of fundamental concepts related to wind-driven flows in homogenous fluids. Then it goes into a quantitative presentation of the fundamental dynamics related to these flows in semienclosed basins. It describes the effects on wind-driven flows of lateral variations in bathymetry. The chapter concludes with a comparison of theoretical results to observations of wind-driven flows.

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downwind flowupwind flowvertically shearedlaterally shearedCouette flowPoiseuille flow
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Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics , pp. 85 - 97
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Winant, C.D. (2004) Three-dimensional wind-driven flow in an elongated, rotating basin. J. Phys. Ocean. 34(2): 462–476.2.0.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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