Abstract: The effects of stratification and bottom topography on the Kuroshio path transitions in a multiple equilibrium regime due to a short-term velocity increase are examined using a two-layer inflow?outflow model with simplified ...

Abstract: Numerical experiments are executed using a two-layer inflow?outflow ocean model with simplified geometry to investigate the effects of stratification and bottom topography on the path variation of the Kuroshio south of ...

Abstract: our-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var) on a seasonal-to-interdecadal time scale under the existence of unstable modes can be viewed as an optimization problem of synchronized, coupled chaotic systems. The ...