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The Relationship of Pycnobathic Currents and Baroclinic Torques
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Recent work has shown the importance of baroclinicity?bathymetry interactions in diagnostic calculations of the current field from hydrographic data. In particular, pycnobathic currents can be generated by the presence of ...
Interpretations of the JEBAR Term
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In diagnostic calculations of the ocean's circulation, the so-called JEBAR (joint effect of baroclinicity and relief) term may induce a significant depth-average current field, as has been noted in the oceanographic ...
An Autumn Instability Event in the Gaspá: Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Gaspé Current is a buoyant jet driven primarily by the freshwater discharge from the St. Lawrence estuary. Previously, many incidents of unstable wave development in the3 Gaspé Current have been reported under summer, ...