Observations and Modelling of Fronts and Frontogenesis

Finally, we note that the surface layer divergence may
be forced by a wind stress curl rather than the presence of a
coastal boundary without altering the essential dynamics of
the process. Thus, with suitable rescaling and inclusion of
the a-effect, a version of this model may be applicable to
the study of wind-driven thermocline upwelling in the great
subarctic gyres of the open ocean.
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