COASTAL UPWELLING AND COASTAL JETS IN CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED SEAS

<正> Nonlinear numerical models of continuously stratified seas are developed for vertical sections to study the mechanism of coastal upwelling and coastal jets in two kinds of seas: the so-called finite or closed sea bounded by two vertical coastal coasts, without elevation of sea surface, but with a flat bottom; and the semi-infinite sea bounded by only one vertical coast, with both an elevation of sea surface and a flat or inclined bottom. Constant wind stress in the first case, and constant wind stress or negative wind stress curl in the second case, are abruptly imposed. The key procedure for the mathematical analysis is to calculate the horizontal pressure gradient first by a special treatment. In thefirst case, the variation of horizontal components of velocity is changed with time to show threesuccessive time intervals. The results show that the width of baroclinic jets depends upon (oS)1/2, andthat distribution of isopycnic lines delineates the warm and cold regions. The relative importance of each