On the order of magnitude of the baroclinic flow in the primitive equations of the ocean
Résumé
In this article, we study the baroclinic flow in the primitive equations (PEs) of the ocean, which are known to be the fundamental equations of the ocean, [4]–[8]. We prove that the magnitude of the baroclinic flow in the L2-norm is of order O(?), where ? is the aspect ratio of the ocean. Some numerical simulations of the PEs of the ocean consistent with these estimates are also presented.