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 ...