Abstract
We study a recently derived model for gyres, equivalent to a a two-point boundary-value problem for ocean flows with no azimuthal variations. For a large class of oceanic vorticities we establish the existence of solutions using an approach based on the topological transversality theorem.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 287-295 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Monatshefte fur Mathematik |
Volume | 188 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Feb 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nonlinear boundary-value problem
- Ocean gyre
- Second order differential equations