Abstract: Observations in the Strait of Hormuz (26.26°N, 56.08°E) during 1997?98 showed substantial velocity fluctuations, accompanied by episodic changes in the salinity outflow events with amplitude varying between 1 and 2 psu on ...

Abstract: A regional primitive equation ocean model is used to investigate the impact of grid resolution, baroclinic instability, bottom topography, and isopycnal outcropping on the dynamics of the wind and throughflow-forced surface ...

Abstract: The circulation and mesoscale eddies in the Persian Gulf are investigated using results from a high-resolution (?1 km) Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). The circulation in the Persian Gulf is composed of two spatial ...