Abstract: Aimed at a further understanding of the role of vertical diffusivity in determining the vertical structure of the thermocline circulation and meridional heat transport in ocean general circulation models (OGCMS), sensitivity ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of how to numerically incorporate diapycnal mixing and advection processes into isopycnal ocean general circulation models. A general expression of diapycnal velocity is derived for the ...

Abstract: The goal of this study is to fill the gap in equilibrium solutions of the global-scale water masses, meridional circulation, and heat transport with isopycnal ocean models. To this end, a global isopycnal ocean general ...

Abstract: In this study, a global isopycnal ocean model (GIM) is described and used for a simulation of variabilities of the global upper ocean during 1992?93. The GIM simulations are compared and validated with both the available ...

Abstract: The annual buildup and obliteration of the seasonal thermocline and the associated ventilation of the permanent thermocline in a wind- and thermally driven ocean basin are simulated numerically. The model developed for ...

Abstract: An isopycnic-coordinate oceanic circulation model formulated with the aim of simulating thermodynamically and mechanically driven flow in realistic basins is presented. Special emphasis is placed on the handling of diabatic ...