Abstract: Variability in a three-dimensional ocean model of idealized geometry is analyzed. The variability is induced in the model by adding a stochastic component to the surface buoyancy forcing. The influence of the surface thermal ...

Abstract: The dynamical balances of the mean flow of a numerical model ocean general circulation experiment are examined through evaluation of regional vorticity budgets. The instantaneous flow is strongly time dependent and the ...

Abstract: A one-degree, flat bottom, eight-layer quasi-geostrophic model of the North Pacific Ocean is forced by six different wind stress curl datasets, all derived from seven years of twice daily analyses at the European Centre ...

Abstract: The separation of anticyclonic rings is studied using a 12-level primitive equation numerical model of the western North Atlantic. The ?Gulf Stream Formation Region? model is based on the Bryan-Cox-Semtner code, and uses ...

Abstract: An expansion-type Kelvin spectrometer has been designed and its performance has been shown to agree with the theoretical simulation within experimental uncertainty. In the intrinsically calibrated mode, number concentration ...