Abstract: It is shown that the very frequently used form of the viscous, diabatic shallow-water equations are energetically inconsistent compared to the primitive equations. An energetically consistent form of the shallow-water ...

Abstract: A new type of standing equatorial wave mode is described that exists in the semi-infinite ocean 0 ? x ? L, ?∞ ? y ? ∞. It consists of a finite sum of the meridionally trapped equatorial waves in an infinite x domain. The ...

Abstract: In this paper the linear equatorial ocean response to stress forcing is analyzed in terms of vertically propagating waves. A new projection onto the meridional eigenfunctions of the pressure equation is derived for a single ...

Abstract: The equilibrium climate sensitivity of a climate model is usually defined as the globally averaged equilibrium surface temperature response to a doubling of carbon dioxide. This is virtually always estimated in a version ...

Abstract: esults from two perturbation experiments using the Community Climate System Model version 4 where the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress is increased are described. It is shown that the ocean response is in accord with ...

Abstract: Ocean heat uptake and the thermohaline circulation are analyzed in present-day control, 1% increasing CO2, and doubled CO2 runs of the Community Climate System Model, version 2 (CCSM2). It is concluded that the observed ...

Abstract: The seasonal heat transport mechanisms important in the Pacific equatorial upwelling zone are investigated using the primitive equation, reduced gravity model developed by Gent and Cane. Mechanisms of meridional heat ...

Abstract: Large-scale extratropical motions (with dimensions comparable to, or somewhat smaller than, the planetary radius) in the atmosphere and ocean exhibit a more restricted range of phenomena than are admissible in the primitive ...

Abstract: AbstractAn accurate diagnosis of ocean heat content (OHC) is essential for interpreting climate variability and change, as evidenced for example by the broad range of hypotheses that exists for explaining the recent hiatus ...