Abstract: The dynamics of a quasigeostrophic flow confined in a two-layer channel over variable topography on the beta plane is numerically investigated. The topography slopes uniformly upward in the north?south direction (in the ...

Abstract: odeling deep convection is a key challenge for climate science. Here two simulations of the Labrador Sea circulation obtained with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) run at a horizontal resolution of 7.5 km are used ...

Abstract: This paper extends A. Bracco and J. Pedlosky?s investigation of the eddy-formation mechanism in the eastern Labrador Sea by including a more realistic depiction of the boundary current. The quasigeostrophic model consists ...

Abstract: Material spreading and mixing by oceanic mesoscale eddies are analyzed in an idealized, numerical model of the wind-driven, midlatitude oceanic circulation. The main focus is on the regime with large Reynolds number, Re, ...

Abstract: Probability density functions (PDFs) of daily velocities from subsurface floats deployed in the North Atlantic and equatorial Atlantic Oceans are examined. In general, the PDFs are approximately Gaussian for small velocities, ...

Abstract: The statistical properties of Lagrangian velocities in a high-resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic Ocean are analyzed and discussed in the framework of particle dispersion parameterizations. Consistent ...

Abstract: Proxy-based paleoclimate reconstructions of tropical sea surface temperature (SST) fields may lead to better constraints of tropical climate variability in climate model projections. In this study, the authors quantify ...

Abstract: AbstractFour numerical simulations are used to characterize the impact of submesoscale circulations on surface Lagrangian statistics in the northern Gulf of Mexico over 2 months, February and August, representative of ...

Abstract: There are limitations in approximating Eulerian statistics from surface drifters, due to biases from surface convergences. By contrasting second- and third-order Eulerian and surface drifter structure functions obtained ...