Baroclinic eddy interaction with isolated topography From: Journal of Physical Oceanography | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Dewar, William K | Copyright American Meteorological Society Oct 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Point vortex and finite-difference methods are used to study baroclinic eddies advected into weak and strong encounters with topography. It is argued that weak interactions often scatter radially symmetric eddies into generalized hetons. The dipole moments so generated within the eddy result in eddy propagations at various angles to the current. Strong interactions can result in the complete separation of the upper- and lower-layer circulations. Subsequent evolution in this c...

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