Abstract: The evolution of linear Rossby waves on representative zonally varying upper-tropospheric flows is examined. Structures associated with maximum perturbation energy growth over both short and long time intervals are obtained. ...

Abstract: An eigenvalue analysis of a divergent barotropic model on a sphere is extended to the formulation of a global optimization problem, whose solution selects an initial perturbation that evolves into the most energetic structure ...

Abstract: Pacific near-equatorial absolute-velocity data and CTD?O2 observations collected from the R.V. Conrad in the northern fall of 1982 are presented. Quite by chance, the cruise took place during the early stages of the 1982/83 ...

Abstract: In recent years much attention has been given to Rossby wave propagation and dispersion on representative zonally and meridionally varying background flows in the atmosphere. Particular emphasis has been placed on the ...