SEMINAR – Julian McCreary: The Yoshida Jet: history, extensions, and applications to the Indian Ocean
Professor Kozo Yoshida obtained the first solution for wind-driven equatorial currents in 1959. In recognition of this achievement, about twenty years later a version of his zonally-independent solution began to be referred to as the “Yoshida Jet.” In the first part of this talk, I review the history of the Yoshida Jet, noting that it is an essential aspect of Ekman drift near the equator. In the second part, I review more realistic, zonally dependent extensions of Yoshida’s solution, and comment on applications of them to the Wyrtki Jets in the Indian Ocean. One question to be addressed is: How similar are the dynamics of Wyrtki Jets to those of the Yoshida Jet?
Thursday September 7th, 2023 3:00p.m. MSB #100
