Abstract: Results from a two-layer, quasi-geostrophic, general circulation model of the ocean with fine horizontal resolution are presented. As in Holland and Lin (1975a.b), mesoscale eddies spontaneously arise due to instabilities ...

Abstract: An interactive, nested primitive equation model for oceanic applications is introduced. The model has two components that interact, which we shall call the coarse and the fine grid regions. The fine grid region is nested ...

Abstract: A series of numerical experiments are carried out to simulate the three-dimensional circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean and to examine the dynamics therein. The calculations are partly diagnostic in that the density ...

Abstract: Numerical experiments on the wind-driven ocean circulation in a closed basin show that mesoscale eddiescan appear spontaneously during the integration of the equations of motion for a baroclinic ocean. For somevalues of ...

Abstract: In this investigation the wind-driven ocean circulation theories are extended to include mesoscale eddiesas an integral part of the general circulation of the ocean. A two-layer numerical model of ocean circulationin a ...

Abstract: The stability of currents generated in an oceanic eddy-resolving general circulation model EGCM (Holland, 1978) is investigated by solving the eigenvalue problem associated with the finite-difference quasi-geostrophic ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare two numerical models of vastly different complexity and computational requirements, which have been used recently in a number of midlatitude ocean simulations. Specifically, the ...

Abstract: An equatorial ocean experiment has been carried out, using the primitive equation model of Semtner and Mintz (1977) with a highly conservative differencing scheme, with high horizontal resolution (?x = 0.50°, ?y=0.25°) and ...

Abstract: Gyre scale and local vorticity balances are examined for a single numerical experiment designed to elucidate the role of eddies in the oceanic general circulation. Due to the complex nature of the flow, a combination of ...

Abstract: The vacillation of baroclinically unstable waves in a two-layer eddy-resolving oceanic circulation model is described. The vacillation cycle is distinguished kinematically by the mutual coexistence at equilibrium of short ...