Abstract: The ventilated thermocline theory is adapted to include the interaction between an island and the wind-driven subtropical circulation. The primary goal is an understanding of the effect of this interaction on the Hawaiian ...

Abstract: Solutions are found for the transmission of 1½-layer subinertial Kelvin waves through an ?ideal strait? with parallel channel walls and square corner mouths. This is shown to be a wave interference problem similar to the ...

Abstract: he theoretical resonant excitation of equatorial inertia?gravity waves and mixed Rossby?gravity waves is examined. Contrary to occasionally published expectations, solutions show that winds that are broadband in both zonal ...

Abstract: n the 1970s and 1980s, there was considerable interest in near-equatorial variability at periods of days to weeks associated with oceanic equatorial inertia?gravity waves and mixed Rossby?gravity waves. At that time, the ...

Abstract: The response of a zonal channel to a uniform, switched-on but subsequently steady poleward outflow is presented. An eastward coastal current with a Kelvin wave?s cross-shore structure is found to be generated instantly ...

Abstract: A conceptually simple model is presented for predicting the amplitude and periodicity of eddies generated by a steady poleward outflow in a 1½-layer ?-plane formulation. The prediction model is rooted in linear quasigeostrophic ...

Abstract: reviously unaddressed aspects of how equatorial currents affect long Rossby wave phase speeds are investigated using solutions of the shallow-water equations linearized about quasi-realistic currents. Modification of the ...