Munk boundary layer

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Munk boundary layer[edit | edit source]

A horizontal boundary layer in which lateral transport of momentum exerts a torque on fluid parcels, thereby allowing them to cross isolines of background potential vorticity.

In many ocean general circulation models, the western boundary currents are Munk boundary layers.


  1. The layer of fluid near a boundary that is affected by friction against that boundary surface, and possibly by transport of heat and other variables across that surface.
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