Abstract: Interannual variability of the tropical Indian Ocean is studied with a reduced gravity, primitive equation, ocean general circulation model (OGCM). The OGCM is coupled to an atmospheric mixed layer model for surface heat ...

Abstract: A series of model experiments Of the tropical Atlantic Ocean is Performed to demonstrate the effect of various closed and open boundary configurations on spinup and steady state time sclaes. In response to forcing by ...

Abstract: A numerical model incorporating a single baroclinic mode and realistic coastline geometry is used to analyze the linear, dynamic response to estimates of the seasonal wind field over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The forced ...

Abstract: The impacts of freshwater flux (FWF) forcing on interannual variability in the tropical Pacific climate system are investigated using a hybrid coupled model (HCM), constructed from an oceanic general circulation model ...

Abstract: Satellite- and gauge-based precipitation and sea surface temperature (SST) are analyzed to understand the role of SST in the east Pacific warm pool (EPWP) in the interannual variability of Central American rainfall. It is ...

Abstract: In comparison with the western and equatorial Pacific Ocean, relatively little is known about the east Pacific warm pool (EPWP). Observations indicate that the interannual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) in ...

Abstract: A simple linear model of the tropical Pacific Ocean is used to simulate the oceanic response to time-dependent wind stress forcing. A linear, one-layer, reduced-gravity transport model on an equatorial beta-plane is ...

Abstract: The role of subsurface temperature variability in modulating El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) properties is examined using an intermediate coupled model (ICM), consisting of an intermediate dynamic ocean model and a sea ...

Abstract: A formalism is developed to examine the effect of zonally varying stratification on equatorial wave phenomena; an effect present in the real ocean but neglected from standard linear theory. The approach utilized involves ...

Abstract: The sea level signature for the onset of the 1982?83 El Niño is hindcasted using a linear wind-driven model that consists of four vertical modes. The hindcast solution is compared with sea level time series from 18 island ...