Abstract: The effect of cooling on an eastward-flowing jet is explored using simple quasigeosrophic (QG) theory. The effects are quantified in terms of a cooling-induced turning with depth, similar to that of Schott and Stommel. The ...

Abstract: Two different datasets are examined for information about the existence and characteristics of the North Hawaiian Ridge Current (NHRC). The pan-Pacific drifter dataset shows a mean NHRC to be confined to within about 100 ...

Abstract: A tongue of low salinity intermediate water was observed along the coast of Mindanao during the WEPOCS III experiment in June and July 1988. The tongue, delineated by a discontinuity in ??S relations, is a southward intrusion ...

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Abstract: alinity is an indicator of the interaction between ocean circulation and the global water cycle, which in turn affects the regulation of the earth?s climate. To thoroughly understand sea surface salinity?s connection to ...