The Navier-Stokes system with damping, which is motivated by Stommel-Charney model of ocean circulation, is considered in a large elongated periodic rectangular domain with area of the order α −1 , as α → 0. We obtain estimates for the dimension of the global attractor that are sharp as both α → 0 and ν → 0, where ν is the viscosity coefficient. (2000). 35Q30, 76D05, 76U05, 76E20, 86A05, 86A10.
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