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A Study of the Time-Dependent 



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V/ind-Drlven Ocean Circulation 



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G. Veronis and G. W. Morgan 



Abstra ct, This investigation is concerned with the 

 large-scale wind-driven motions of the ocean and their responses 

 to a time variation in the wind. Starting from the equations 

 of motion for an inhomogeneous fluid j a detailed formulation of 

 the problem is presented, including the listing and discussion 

 of the assumptions and simplifications necessary to reduce the 

 general mathematical model to one which may be successfully 

 attacked analyticallye 



Since the real ocean is baroclinic, the problem is 

 formulated to include a non-uniform density distribution. Two 

 special cases are considered. 



(i) An ocean consisting of two superposed layers of con- 

 stant density is assumed and the equations are integrated over 

 each layer to simplify the analysis. Attempts at an analytical 

 solution for this case were unsuccessful* 



The results presented in this paper were obtained in the 

 course of research conducted under Contract N7onr-35801^, 



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Research Assistant, Graduate Division of Applied Mathematics, 



Brown University, Providence, R. !« 



Associate Profes! 

 Providence, R. 1, 



-^ Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brovm University, 



