Abstract: Numerical solutions are examined for nearly axisymmetric geopotential monopole vortices whose vertical structure is essentially confined to the lowest few vertical modes. The vortex environment is a rotating, stratified ...

Abstract: The Linear Balance Equations (LBE) are intermediate between the more familiar Quasi-geostrophic (QG) and Primitive Equations (PE) in both physical completeness and computational efficiency. We first present a consistent ...

Abstract: he Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4) is used to assess the climate impact of wind-generated near-inertial waves (NIWs). Even with high-frequency coupling, CCSM4 underestimates the strength of NIWs, so that ...

Abstract: cent advances in our understanding of internal-wave driven turbulent mixing in the ocean interior are summarized. New parameterizations for global climate ocean models, and their climate impacts, are introduced.