Abstract: The generation of long interval waves by traveling hurricanes on an f plane is studied within the context of linear theory. The emphasis of the present work is on the interval wave power, that is, the fraction of the energy ...

Abstract: The influence of the beta effect, that is, the variation of the Coriolis parameter with latitude on the energy flux from moving storms to the oceanic internal wave field is considered. Large-scale, fast-moving storms are ...

Abstract: A simple conceptual model is used to illustrate aspects of how the midlatitude atmosphere, in the absence of ocean dynamics, responds to and feeds back on sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies. In the model, a dynamically ...

Abstract: A conceptual model of the salinity distribution in the oceanic Hadley cell is presented. The model pertains to the region of tropical easterly surface winds, where the surface salinity increases poleward from a local ...

Abstract: he atmospheric meridional overturning circulation is computed using the interim European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis (ERA-Interim) data. Meridional mass transport streamfunctions are calculated ...

Abstract: n high-latitude subpolar seas, such as the Nordic seas and the Labrador Sea, time-mean geostrophic currents mediate the bulk of the meridional oceanic heat transport. These currents are primarily encountered along the ...

Abstract: his article presents a new framework for studying water mass transformations in salinity?temperature space that can, with equal ease, be applied to study water mass transformation in spaces defined by any two conservative ...

Abstract: The flux form of the potential vorticity (PV) equation is employed to derive simple expressions for the boundary and interior flux of PV in ocean circulation using Bernoulli functions. The formulas are discussed and ...

Abstract: The possibility that a decreased equator-to-Pole surface density difference could imply stronger rather than weaker thermohaline circulation (THC) is explored theoretically as well as with the aid of numerical simulations. ...

Abstract: The authors present results from laboratory experiments and numerical simulations of the barotropic circulation in a basin with sloping boundaries forced by a surface stress. Focus is placed on flows with large-scale Rossby ...