Abstract: The approximate tidal theory on an equatorial beta plane has been widely applied to tropical atmospheric dynamics. There are many successful examples of such applications. However, the mathematical and physical origin of ...

Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets, or subsurface countercurrents, extend across the Pacific Ocean carrying 7 (±2) ? 106 m3 s?1 eastward on each side of the equator. Mean meridional sections of potential temperature, salinity, neutral ...

Abstract: A new low-frequency standing equatorial wave mode is described. It is composed solely of long Kelvin and Rossby waves, whereas previously described low-frequency modes involved short, eastward propagating Rossby waves. It ...

Abstract: Exact solutions are found for Kawase's linear, two-layer model of mass-driven deep-ocean circulation. It is demonstrated that for strong damping, even though the deep western boundary current (DWBC) bifurcates at the equator ...

Abstract: The Sverdrup circulation in the tropical Pacific is constructed from satellite scatterometer winds, compared with measured ocean currents, and diagnosed in an ocean GCM. Previous depictions of the Sverdrup circulation near ...

Abstract: A fully three-dimensional, wind-forced equatorial model is used to study the effects of the strong near- surface equatorial pycnocline on energy transmission into the deep ocean. The equatorial Kelvin waves forced by a ...

Abstract: The spatial and temporal structure of the equatorial deep jets (EDJs) in the Pacific Ocean is investigated using CTD station data taken on the equator from 1979 through 2001. The EDJs are revealed in profiles of vertical ...