Abstract: Two very simple model equations, suggested by the form of the standard baroclinic instability dispersion relation. are studied to investigate the nature of the instability of zonally inhomogeneous flows. In particular, the ...

Abstract: A linear, single-layer model is used to describe the complex system of recirculations that may be expected when a long ridge system is pierced by several gaps. The recirculations are fed by jets issuing from the western ...

Abstract: The problem of the reflection of unstable baroclinic waves from straight boundaries inclined with respect to latitude circles is studied. The basic flow in which the incident unstable wave is embedded is a flow with only ...

Abstract: A linear, two-layer model for abyssal flow driven by a specified upwelling into the thermocline is studied when the ocean basin is partially blocked by a meridional barrier in the lower layer. The barrier is meant to ...

Abstract: The stability, with respect to quasi-geostrophic disturbances, of flows containing both horizontal and vertical shear is studied, as a continuation of a previous paper. Bounds are placed on the phase speed of neutral waves ...

Abstract: The stability with respect to quasi-geostrophic disturbances of atmospheric and oceanic currents containing both horizontal and vertical shear is investigated for both a continuously stratified and a twolayer model. Certain ...

Abstract: A simple baroclinic model of the abyssal ocean circulation is formulated in which the reversals of the meridional velocity with depth, and hence the layering of the abyss, is explained by the longitudinal variation of ...

Abstract: The response of a simple bounded-ocean model to a fluctuating wind stress is studied. Both the linear response and the resulting steady non-linear circulations are computed. The results of this analysis show that the ...

Abstract: A two-layer baroclinic flow on an f plane is rendered locally stable by sufficiently strong Ekman-layer friction except in an interval of length 2a in the downstream direction in which the friction is reduced. The localized ...

Abstract: A constant potential vorticity model is used to investigate the relation between the properties of an equatorward-directed western boundary current and the formation of the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) in the western ...