Abstract: A new modeling approach is proposed for representing a subpolar ocean, whose upper layer is partly convected with the lower layer. A simple box model, built as a reference, has one active box to be the upper layer of a ...

Abstract: NOAA satellite visible images exhibit two alternative ice-edge patterns off Labrador; one is a straight pattern, and the other is a large-meander pattern with alongshore wavelengths of 200?300 km and offshore extensions ...

Abstract: Wind effects on buoyancy-driven circulation in a two-level rectangular basin are studied. The ocean is driven by positive and negative buoyancy fluxes in the northern and southern portions as well as wind stress of constant ...

Abstract: Using a level 2 one-dimensional turbulent closure model, the evolution of the Arabian Sea High Salinity Water mass (ASHSW) has been studied. Model-derived heat fluxes, sea surface temperature (SST), and mixed layer depths ...

Abstract: Infrared satellite images from the west coasts of Oregon and northern California are used to identify meander patterns in sea surface temperature which appear as large cold tongues extending offshore. Two relatively long ...

Abstract: A series of NOAA satellite images shows that the Norwegian Coastal Current (NCC) over the Norwegian Trench was disturbed by mesoscale meanders with 60?100 km wavelengths. In the first several days, the meanders grew and ...

Abstract: A long time series of satellite infrared images spanning the period 21 July?8 October 1980 reveals the evolution of long (160 km) and short (80 km) wavelength meanders of the California Current System off Vancouver Island. ...