Abstract: An isopycnal model coupled with a mixed layer model is used to study transformation and formation rates in the North Pacific. When annual formation rates are averaged over the entire North Pacific, a large peak in water ...

Abstract: An isopycnal model forced with wind stress and heat fluxes from 1965 through 1993 was used to examine the effects of variable atmospheric forcing on the ventilation of the North Pacific. During this time period, a climatic ...

Abstract: The effects of one-dimensional processes on the formation of deep mixed layers in the central mode water (CMW) and eastern subtropical mode water (ESMW) formation regions of the North Pacific have been analyzed using a ...

Abstract: Tracer transport mechanisms in a deep western boundary current (DWBC) are explored using a three-layer, eddy-resolving quasigeostrophic model. The model is forced with a steady, sinusoidal wind stress. The effects of the ...

Abstract: Both wind and buoyancy forcing result in variability in the North Pacific Ocean thermocline. A vertical modal analysis of the density deviations in a 30-yr run of an ocean general circulation model of the North Pacific ...

Abstract: AbstractSeasonally ice-covered marginal seas are among the most difficult regions in the Arctic to study. Physical constraints imposed by the variable presence of sea ice in all stages of growth and melt make the upper ...