Abstract: he author derives baroclinic modes and surface quasigeostrophic (SQG) solutions with exponential stratification and compares the results to those obtained with constant stratification. The SQG solutions with exponential ...

Abstract: The properties of forced baroclinic, quasigeostrophic Rossby waves in an ocean basin are discussed, with emphasis on the apparent phase speed. The response to a traveling wave wind stress curl consists of three parts, two ...

Abstract: Velocity probability density functions (PDFs) are calculated using data from subsurface current meters in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The PDFs are weakly, but significantly, non-Gaussian. They deviate from normality ...

Abstract: previously published method by Wang et al. for predicting subsurface velocities and density from sea surface buoyancy and surface height is extended by incorporating analytical solutions to make the vertical projection. ...

Abstract: poleward shift in the extratropical storm tracks has been identified in observational and climate simulations. The authors examine the role of altered sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on the storm-track position and intensity ...

Abstract: he impact of changes in sea surface temperature (SST) on the statistics of extratropical cyclones is investigated. The cyclones were identified in an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) using an objective Lagrangian ...

Abstract: The properties of baroclinic, quasigeostrophic Rossby basin waves are examined. Full analytical solutions are derived to elucidate the response in irregular basins, specifically in a (horizontally) tilted rectangular basin ...

Abstract: The authors examine freely evolving geostrophic turbulence, in two layers over a linearly sloping bottom. The initial flow is surface trapped and subdeformation scale. In all cases with a slope, two components are found: ...

Abstract: Low-frequency, large-scale baroclinic Rossby basin modes, resistant to scale-dependent dissipation, have been recently theoretically analyzed and discussed as possible efficient coupling agents with the atmosphere for ...