Abstract: Localized baroclinic instability in a weakly nonlinear, long-wave limit using an Eady model is studied. The resulting evolution equations have a form of the KdV type, including extra terms representing linear coupling. ...

Abstract: The authors have demonstrated that a large amplitude, nearly stationary solitary wave can be induced either by direct resonant forcing or by the capture of a traveling wave over the forcing region, using a two-layer model ...

Abstract: The resonant interaction of a longshore baroclinic current with a topographic feature is investigated, using a quasi-geostrophic two-layer model, where the lower layer is assumed to be deep but is not stagnant. In this ...

Abstract: he dynamics of subtropical western boundary currents over slopes detaching from coasts with inshore pool regions, where the water of the subtropical gyre does not enter and the velocity is small, are investigated. This ...

Abstract: In this paper, the effects of bottom and interfacial friction on localized baroclinic instability are discussed in the weakly nonlinear, long-wave limit. Using a quasigeostrophic two-layer model in which the lower layer ...

Abstract: ce bands are frequently observed over marginal ice zones in polar seas. A typical ice-band pattern has a regular spacing of about 10 km and extends over 100 km in the marginal ice zone. Further, the long axis of an ice ...

Abstract: Time-averaged structure of the Kuroshio/Oyashio system east of Japan was examined using historical hydrographic data. Unlike most of the earlier climatological analyses, the data were averaged along isopycnal rather than ...

Abstract: The second generation of a new approach to data assimilation where wavelet analysis is used for error estimation is presented here. The first generation is known as EEWADAi. This modified and optimized method uses wavelet ...

Abstract: This study provides a climatology of the circulation and water mass distribution by using historical data combined with observations from dozens of recent cruises near the Philippine coast. The most striking results are ...

Abstract: Four years of mooring array measurements in Tokara Strait, south of Kyushu, Japan, from 1992 to 1996 are used to analyze the structure and temporal variability of the Kuroshio Current. The mean Kuroshio current in Tokara ...