Abstract: A three-dimensional ocean general circulation model is used to investigate the effects of an idealized, nonzonal wind stress curl on the subduction process in the subtropical gyre. Idealized zonal winds are used to force ...

Abstract: An OGCM (MOM1) is used to examine the oceanic response to localized anomalous surface wind and buoyancy forcings. Wind stress and surface cooling anomalies are imposed at several different locations with respect to the ...

Abstract: In the North Pacific, there is a shallow eastward current called the subtropical countercurrent, which flows across the central subtropical gyre. The present article studies the generation mechanism of the subtropical ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional ocean general circulation model, forced by idealized zonal winds, is used to investigate the effect of an abrupt intensification of westerly winds on the subduction process. Four experiments are carried ...