Abstract: Hydrographic sections spanning the Atlantic Ocean at 24, 36 and 48°N are used to make an estimate of meridional heat flux in the ocean. An inverse method provides reference level velocities for geostrophic calculations, ...

Abstract: From November 1982 until March 1983, an experiment was conducted at Jarvis Island (0.4°S, 160°W) in order to study the energetics of swift currents encountering a small equatorial island, and to determine the relationship ...

Abstract: Hydrographic station data from 24°N, 8°N, 8°S and 24°S in the Atlantic Ocean are used to calculate geostrophic transport in eight layers separated by isopycnal surfaces. In the upper ocean, the geostrophic transport is ...

Abstract: Optimal estimation is applied to contouring and analysis of hydrographic sections. Measured fields, such as temperature and salinity, and derived fields, such as geostrophic velocity, are decomposed into large-scale and ...

Abstract: The subtropical mode waters (STMW) of the southwestern Pacific Ocean are described, including their physical characteristics, spatial distribution, and temporal variability. STMW is a thermostad, or minimum in stratification, ...

Abstract: High-resolution XBT transects in the North Pacific Ocean, at an average latitude of 22°N, are analyzed together with TOPEX/Poseidon altimetric data to determine the structure and transport characteristics of the mesoscale ...

Abstract: Evidence for the widespread assumption that Sverdrup balance describes the dynamics of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre is reviewed critically. If the balance were to hold up to the edge of the Gulf Stream system, then ...

Abstract: Seasonal and interannual variability of the subtropical gyre in the South Pacific Ocean are investigated by means of a time series of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) sections between New Zealand (36°S, 175°E) and Fiji ...

Abstract: he bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) plays an important role in the heat and water mass exchanges between the tropical and subtropical gyres in the Pacific Ocean. The variability of western boundary transport ...

Abstract: he Argo array provides a unique dataset to explore variability of the subsurface ocean interior. This study considers the subtropical North Pacific Ocean during the period from 2004 to 2011, when Argo coverage has been ...