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1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, Vienna, 1090 Austria.
Abstract:
Starting from the governing equations for geophysical flows, by means of a thin-shell approximation and a tangent plane approximation, we derive the equations describing, at leading order, the nonlinear ice-drift flow for regions centered around the North Pole. An exact solution is derived in the material/Lagrangian formalism, describing a superposition of oscillations, a mean Ekman flow, and a geostrophic current.
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