The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform viscosity

Dritschel, David G.; Paldor, Nathan; Constantin, Adrian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1089-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1089-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1089-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

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18 Sep 2020

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The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform viscosity

David G. Dritschel, Nathan Paldor, and Adrian Constantin

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RC1: 'Review of paper "The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform diffusivity" by D.G. Dritschel, N. Paldor, A. Constantin', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to referees', David G. Dritschel, 23 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript "The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform diffusivity"', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to referees', David G. Dritschel, 23 Jun 2020
RC3: 'Review of “The Ekman spiral for piecewise-uniform diffusivity” by Dritschel, Paldor and Constantin', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to referees', David G. Dritschel, 23 Jun 2020

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AR by David G. Dritschel on behalf of the Authors (23 Jul 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Aug 2020) by Neil Wells

AR by David G. Dritschel on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2020)

Short summary

Ekman's (1905) solution for how wind affects ocean surface currents is revisited and extended analytically for a piecewise-constant profile of vertical diffusion. This allows a comprehensive understanding of how the surface current deflection angle relative to the wind direction varies with the profile of vertical diffusion.