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Ekman Layers

Ekman Layers is a boundary-layer structure in geophysical fluid dynamics that emerges in rotating fluids under the influence of wind stress and the Coriolis effect, distinguished by a characteristic spiral velocity profile resulting from a balance between viscous, Coriolis, and pressure gradient forces.

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11.3K

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358

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2017–2026

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Ekman Layer

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211

The deepening of the wind-Mixed layer

Raymond T Pollard, Peter B. Rhines, Rory O. R. Y. Thompson · Geophysical Fluid Dynamics · 1973 · 757 citations

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Thermal instabilities in rapidly rotating systems

F. H. Busse · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1970 · 733 citations

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On a time-dependent motion of a rotating fluid

H. P. Greenspan, L. N. Howard · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1963 · 454 citations

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Asymptotic Similarity in Neutral Barotropic Planetary Boundary Layers

Alfred Blackadar, H. Tennekes · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1968 · 293 citations

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Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary

Chris Garrett, Parker MacCready, Peter B. Rhines · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1993 · 287 citations

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Authors

358

  1. JP
    Joseph Pedlosky

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    7 publications · 274 citations

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  2. VB
    Victor Barcilon

    University of Chicago, United States

    7 publications · 354 citations

    7

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  3. JM
    J. Michael Owen

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 260 citations

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  4. GV
    George Veronis

    Yale University, United States

    4 publications · 97 citations

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  5. PB
    Patrick Bontoux

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 221 citations

    4

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Institutions

185

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    423 citations

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    427 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Bayreuth

    Bayreuth, Germany

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    262 citations

  7. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    611 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    61 publications · 4K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    19 publications · 948 citations

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    14 publications · 919 citations

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  4. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    8 publications · 402 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 336 citations

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