Abstract: Previous observational and modeling studies have indicated the importance of finescale winds in determining the circulation near Point Conception in the Santa Maria Basin (SMB) and the Santa Barbara Channel (SBC), California. ...

Abstract: Internal tides near a midlatitude shelf?slope front are studied using an idealized numerical model, with emphasis on their structure, energetics, and mixing effects. It is found that the properties of internal tides are ...

Abstract: Density stratification and planetary rotation distinguish three-dimensional island wakes significantly from a classical fluid dynamical flow around an obstacle. A numerical model is used to study the formation and evolution ...

Abstract: It is hypothesized that tidal mixing may provide a ?diffusivity? mechanism for frontogenesis. It stems from the fact that tidal diffusivity varies in the opposite sense from the water depth, so the vertically integrated ...

Abstract: The horizontal property flux induced by tides is examined by both analytical and numerical models. It is found that this flux is highly heterogeneous in the vertical and may be directed up the mean gradient near the bottom. ...

Abstract: An analytical model is developed to study the tidally induced mean circulation in the frontal zone. Four distinct forcing mechanisms are identified, which result in the generation of the counterclockwise Bernoulli cell, ...

Abstract: The spatial scale of submesoscales is an important parameter for studies of submesoscale dynamics and multiscale interactions. The horizontal spatial scales of baroclinic, geostrophic-branch mixed layer instabilities (MLI) ...

Abstract: The bond strength of deformed bars has been widely concerned owing to its importance in calculating development and/or splice lengths. Many database-independent analytical models were proposed to evaluate bond strength of ...

Abstract: Observations, primarily from satellites, have shown a statistical relationship between the surface wind stress and underlying sea surface temperature (SST) on intermediate space and time scales, in many regions inclusive ...