Abstract: A model is used to study ocean-atmosphere interaction in the tropics. The model ocean consists of the single baroclinic mode of a two-layer ocean. Thermodynamics in the upper layer is highly parameterized. If the interface ...

Abstract: Three versions of a 2 1/2-layer ocean model are used to study the subtropical cell (STC), a shallow, meridionalcirculation cell consisting of subtropical subduetion, equatorward advection of cool subsurface water into ...

Abstract: The annual cycle of temperature in the subthermocline equatorial Pacific is studied using a new compilation of historical hydrographic profiles. The observations have several characteristics suggestive of a vertically ...

Abstract: The flow of thermocline water from the subtropical to the equatorial Pacific Ocean is investigated using a 2½-layer numerical model. In this system, the lower of the two active layers represents the thermocline region of ...

Abstract: A 4½ layer model is used to study intermediate-water circulation in the Pacific Ocean. Solutions are forced by annual-mean winds. They are also driven by a prescribed inflow of water through the southwestern corner of the ...

Abstract: The circulation forced by an inflow of water through an eastern ocean boundary is investigated using two linear, viscid, and continuously stratified models. One of the models has a flat bottom, and solutions are obtained ...

Abstract: A numerical model is used to study the interaction of the Kuroshio with boundary constraints south of Japan. The model consists of two layers with the lower layer inert, and is both nonlinear and quasi-geostrophic. The ...

Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets (TJs) are narrow eastward currents located along thermal fronts at the poleward edges of thermostad water in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, an oceanic general circulation model (OGCM) is used to explore ...

Abstract: An oceanic general circulation model is used to investigate the annual cycle of the near-surface currents in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean; in particular, the causes of the springtime increase of eastward momentum ...