Abstract: In an exploration of the dynamics of current separation and vorticity dissipation in a two-layer model, the following is found. 1) Results obtained in a barotropic context remain valid; namely, two major dissipation regimes ...

Abstract: The influence of outcropping isopycnal layers on the separation of western boundary currents is investigated in a series of wind-driven eddy-resolving multilayer primitive equation numerical experiments. The outcropping ...

Abstract: AbstractThe impact of horizontal resolution (1/12° to 1/50°; 6 to 1.5 km at midlatitudes) on Gulf Stream separation, penetration, and variability is quantified in a series of identical North Atlantic experiments. The ...

Abstract: The separation Point of a midlatitude jet from the western boundary in ocean numerical models depends upon both the governing equations and the vertical coordinate used. Systematic differences in the point of separation ...

Abstract: The one-layer, reduced-gravity, also called equivalent-barotropic, model has been widely used in countless applications. Although its validity is based on the assumption that a second, lower layer is sufficiently deep to ...

Abstract: Layered models of stratified flow are favored by theoreticians because of their conceptual simplicity but have only seen limited use in numerical modeling due to difficulties related to layer outcropping (vanishing layer ...

Abstract: The response of an ocean general circulation model to several distinct parameterizations of the surface heat and freshwater fluxes, which differ primarily by their representation of the ocean?atmosphere feedbacks, is ...

Abstract: The generation of interannual and near-decadal variability in the formation of mode waters in the western North Atlantic is investigated in the realistic framework of an isopycnic coordinate ocean model forced with atmospheric ...

Abstract: In light of previous numerical studies demonstrating a strong sensitivity of the strength of thermohaline circulation to the representation of overflows in ocean general circulation models, the dynamics of bottom gravity ...

Abstract: The generation of interannual and near-decadal variability in the formation of mode waters in the western North Atlantic is investigated in the realistic framework of an isopycnic coordinate ocean model forced with atmospheric ...