Stochastic mesoscale circulation dynamics in the thermal ocean

In analogy with similar effects in adiabatic compressible fluid dynamics, the effects of buoyancy gradients on incompressible stratified flows are said to be `thermal. The thermal rotating shallow water (TRSW) model equations contain three small nondimensional parameters. These are the Rossby number, the Froude number and the buoyancy parameter. Asymptotic expansion of the TRSW model equations in these three small parameters leads to the deterministic therma