Table 1
Magnitude of acceleration (m/sec/sec)
Scale Inertial terms Pressure Coriolis Friction Gravity
horis. vert. term term term term
Planetary, 10-8. 10-8 104-5 101-5 10-8 . 104
103-104 km
Regional, 10\-4 10-5 10\-4 10\-4 10\-5 10\-3-10\4
102-103 km
Local , 10-2. 1012 101-2 10-4 10-2. 103
Table 2
Currents/gravity corelation
Anomaly I cross-covariance depth dependence
potential fc — 4-Tt 7T-YC 1-176 17* fullflow
positive 0,700 0,871 0,885 0,70 0,894 0,850
negative 0,736 0,757 0,840 0,74 0,831 0,751
Temperature scale and type of circulation:
4C- subbottom circulation,
4 - 7¢- low thermocline region,
7 - 1°C - middle thermocline region,
1 -17°¢ - upper thermocline region,
17€ - surface circulation.
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