Abstract: A two-dimensional dry model for the atmosphere is coupled with a two-dimensional primitive equation model for the ocean to investigate how cold fronts interact with the Gulf Stream and its adjacent waters during cold-air ...

Abstract: An analytical method is developed to compute the diffraction of a barotropic Kelvin wave by a localized topographic irregularity on an otherwise flat-bottom ocean with an arbitrary vertical stratification. The bump topography ...

Abstract: The forced circulation over a continental shelf generated by the alongshore wind stress is studied within the frictional regime. The model alongshore wind stress has a finite extent in the alongshore direction and oscillates ...

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Abstract: The development, maintenance, and dissipation of river-forced estuarine plumes with and without seaward sloping bottom are studied by use of a three-dimensional, primitive-equation model. Inside the estuary, discussion is ...

Abstract: The effect of wind forcing on existing estuarine plumes in a coupled estuary-shelf environment is studied here using a three-dimensional primitive-equation model. The emphasis is on wide estuaries so that the Coriolis force ...

Abstract: Low-level winds over land-ocean boundaries are generally alongshore. Two types of forcing that generate alongshore jets in the lower atmosphere are considered here, using as simple a model as possible. The first type of ...

Abstract: Off an estuary mouth, the nonlinear transfer of vorticity from the oscillating onshore-offshore tidal currents to the mean field generates a pair of counter-rotating eddies that flows seaward near the center axis of the ...

Abstract: A barotropic ocean model is used to study the bimodal behavior of the Kuroshio to the south of Japan. By considering the combined effects of the beta plane, the Kyushu coastal perturbation, the Izu Ridge and the SW-NE ...