Abstract: The zonally localized instability of a zonal flow that has an added meridional component in the zonal interval |x| < a is examined. The flow occurs on the infinite ? plane and is analyzed in a two-layer model. The basic ...

Abstract: The linear stability of nonzonal flow, uniform in the alongjet direction on a beta plane, is studied. The flow is balanced by a forcing term in the potential vorticity equation. The problem is analyzed in both barotropic ...

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Abstract: This article continues the study of the radiation of energy from nonzonal ocean currents in the nonlinear regime. The effects of the interactions between different waves in the initial spectrum on the radiating properties ...

Abstract: The energy radiation from oceanic boundary currents is assumed to be one of the main mechanisms responsible for the production of the highly energetic eddy field in the interior of the ocean. The efficiency of the process ...

Abstract: Restoring boundary conditions, wherein the temperature and salinity are restored to surface target fields of temperature and salinity, are traditionally used for studies of the ocean circulation in ocean general circulation ...

Abstract: The authors identify and describe the important dynamical mechanisms that explain the significant sensitivity of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to the parameterization of heat and salt transports by mesoscale eddies ...

Abstract: The Southern Ocean?s Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) and Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) are two globally significant upper-ocean water masses that circulate in all Southern Hemisphere subtropical gyres and cross the ...

Abstract: The ocean heat uptake (OHU) is studied using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ocean general circulation model (OGCM) with idealized ocean geometry. The OGCM is coupled with a statistical?dynamic atmospheric ...

Abstract: The deep-ocean heat uptake (DOHU) in transient climate changes is studied using an ocean general circulation model (OGCM) and its adjoint. The model configuration consists of idealized Pacific and Atlantic basins. The model ...