The classical analytical solution for the Ekman layer flow has been generalized by introducing an assigned non‐rapidly‐varying eddy diffusivity K(z). Asymptotic expressions for the wind components u, v obtained via the WKB method retain the form and, to a large extent, the simplicity of the classical case in which K is kept constant. Three examples of idealized K‐profiles are used to compare the numerical, WKB and constant‐K solutions for Ekman profiles.
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Branko Grisogono (1995) studied this question.
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