[MITgcm-support] geostrophic velocity in the model

[Ichiro Fukumori]

The geostrophic balance does depend on space/time-scale as well as
geographic location.    -- Ichiro

At 12:45 PM 4/15/2004 -0700, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:
> >> Even if ageostrophic flow
> >> changes sea level, pressure gradient, and consequently
> >> geostrophic velocity, is thus strictly dependent on ETA.
>
>Is this strictly true on all time and space scale?
>
>D.
>
>--
>Dimitris Menemenlis <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
>Jet Propulsion Lab, California Insitute of Technology
>MS 300-323, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena CA 91109-8099
>tel: 818-354-1656;  fax: 818-393-6720

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