Abstract: Intrusions like those observed in double-diffusively stable regions of the Arctic Ocean can grow from uniform ambient temperature and salinity gradients if diapycnal mixing of these two components differs. Assuming this ...

Abstract: Hypotheses concerning the origin of thermohaline staircases in salt fingering regions are reviewed and assessed. One such hypothesis, that staircases arise from thermohaline intrusions, is developed into a quantitative ...

Abstract: An EOF analysis is used to intercompare the response of ENSO-like variability to CO2 doubling in results from 15 coupled climate models assembled for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report. ...

Abstract: Mechanisms and parameter dependence of differential mixing of heat and salt by ocean turbulence are investigated numerically by extending a previous study to examine dependence upon buoyancy frequency N and density gradient ...

Abstract: AbstractA promising means for increasing skill of seasonal predictions of Arctic sea ice is improving sea ice thickness (SIT) initial conditions; however, sparse SIT observations limit this potential. Using the Canadian ...

Abstract: e examine the changing roles of temperature and precipitation on snowpack variability in the Northern Hemisphere for Second-Generation Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM2) historical (1850-2005) and future (2006-2100) ...

Abstract: Variability of subtropical cell (STC) overturning in the upper Pacific Ocean is examined in a coupled climate model in light of large observed changes in STC transport. In a 1000-yr control run, modeled STC variations are ...

Abstract: AbstractThe initialization and potential predictability of soil moisture in CanCM4 hindcasts during 1981?2010 is assessed. CanCM4 is one of the two global climate models employed by the Canadian Seasonal to Interannual ...

Abstract: Principal component analysis (PCA), which is designed to look at internal modes of variability, has often been applied beyond its intended design to study coupled modes of variability in combined datasets, also referred ...

Abstract: The nature of the increasing frequency of extreme rainfall events (ERE) in central India is investigated by relating their occurrence to synoptic activity. Using a long record of the paths and intensities of monsoon synoptic ...