Browsing Theses by Subject "quasi-geostrophy"
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Flow Separation on the β-plane
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-15)In non-rotating fluids, boundary-layer separation occurs when the nearly inviscid flow just outside a viscous boundary-layer experiences an appreciable deceleration due to a region of adverse pressure gradient. The fluid ... -
Jets, Vortices and Turbulence in Quasi-Geostrophic Magnetohydrodynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-28)In this thesis, we model the dynamics of the solar tachocline and the Earth's molten core using a shallow, rapidly rotating, and electrically conducting fluid on an f-plane. We explore the effects of a strong uniform ... -
Realizing Surface Driven Flows in the Primitive Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)The surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) model describes the evolution of buoyancy at vertical boundaries in the limit of infinitesimal Rossby number. In this regime, the quasi-geostrophic approximations are expected to hold. ...