Abstract: Because of the beta effect, quasigeostrophic monopole vortices propagate westward and excite Rossby waves. This wave radiation depletes the vortex energy, and causes cyclones to drift northward and anticylones southward ...

Abstract: Calculating a streamfunction as function of depth and density is proposed as a new way of analyzing the thermodynamic character of the overturning circulation in the global ocean. The sign of an overturning cell in this ...

Abstract: here is a growing realization that the nonlinear nature of the equation of state has a deep impact on the global ocean circulation; however, the understanding of the global effects of these nonlinearities remains elusive. ...