Abstract: Unstable, infinitely long filaments, with a front at each side delimiting their width, are studied with the aid of a particle-in-cell numerical model. Two dynamical systems are considered: the shallow-water primitive ...

Abstract: In this note, a procedure to construct predictors is suggested that could take advantage of the increasing predictive skill of ENSO models. These so-called secondary forecast models (SFM) attempt to produce a forecast for ...

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate the evolution of elongated warm eddies. A shallow-water, reduced-gravity, primitive equation model is used to perform a multicase numerical experiment, which includes vortices ...

Abstract: In this work, recent (1948?2001) rainfall data in a southwestern California station (San Diego) and a northwestern Baja California station (Ensenada) within a region called Mediterranean California, around 33°N, 117°W, are ...

Abstract: The probability distribution of wind speed data over the world's oceans is studied using a two-parameter Weibull distribution. The parameters are estimated following a linearized least-squares approach. The seasonal and ...

Abstract: The role of the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) in El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-related Mexican climate anomalies during winter and summer is investigated. The precipitation and mean temperature data of approximately ...

Abstract: Merging of two anticyclonic vortices is studied in the context of a reduced-gravity model and with emphasis on frontal dynamics. Using a particle-in-cell method, numerical experiments illustrate the merging process and the ...