Abstract: A three-layer model is used to study the effect of curvature in the vertical profile of the horizontal velocity on the linear baroclinic instability of a simple quasi-geostrophic flow. Potential vorticity is conserved and ...

Abstract: Some simple solutions (mostly analytic) are presented for the large-scale baroclinic response to thermal forcing on a mid-latitude beta-plane. Surface heat flux is parameterized as (TA?TT)/tau;, with atmospheric temperature ...

Abstract: An integration of a general circulation model, with an ocean covered globe (or ?aqua planet?), exhibits disturbances that are similar to observed eastward propagating waves of period 30 to 60 days (which we refer to as the ...

Abstract: In many prediction schemes, the skill of long-range forecasts of ENSO events depends on the time of year. Such variability could be directly due to seasonal changes in the basic ocean-atmosphere system or due to the state ...

Abstract: The winter climate of the British Isles is characterized by considerable interannual variability, which, because of the general climate sensitivity of a number of health outcomes, places at times considerable pressure on ...

Abstract: The seasonal cycle over the tropical Pacific simulated by 11 coupled ocean?atmosphere general circulation models (GCMs) is examined. Each model consists of a high-resolution ocean GCM of either the tropical Pacific or ...