Abstract: Key aspects of a Gaussian jet model for deriving absolute geostrophic velocity from TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data are improved. Velocities are obtained by synthesizing Gaussian fits to cross-stream velocity anomaly profiles ...

Abstract: Processes controlling the interannual variation of mixed layer temperature (MLT) averaged over the Niño-3 domain (5°N?5°S, 150°?90°W) are studied using an ocean data assimilation product that covers the period of 1993?2003. ...

Abstract: Entrainment is an important element of the mixed layer mass, heat, and temperature budgets. Conventional procedures to estimate entrainment heat advection often do not permit the closure of heat and temperature budgets ...