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Elimination of spurious inertial oscillations in boundary-layer models with time-dependent geostrophic winds

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Spurious inertial oscillations are induced in boundary-layer models if a geostrophic wind is prescribed which changes in time. A simple technique is proposed to eliminate these oscillations. The scheme is successfully applied to idealized cases of boundary-layer flow and to a real situation where a pronounced turning of the geostrophic wind has been observed.

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    J. Egger & S. Schmid

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Egger, J., Schmid, S. Elimination of spurious inertial oscillations in boundary-layer models with time-dependent geostrophic winds. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 43, 393–402 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121715

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