A study on the baroclinic structure of the abyssal circulation

In this paper, the linear continuously tratified model of the abyssal circulation proposed by Pedlosky (1992) was extended to include the second order term -(γθzzz) in the vertical turbulent mixing parameterization of\( - \overline {(w\prime \theta \prime )} _z = k_u \theta _{zz} - \gamma \theta _{zzz} \), in whichkv is a vertical diffusion coefficient, and γ is the second order coefficient of turbulent mixing (or simply called γ-term and γ