Abstract: A time-dependent version of the Parsons model (geostrophic 1.5-layer model of the ventilated thermocline) has been developed to investigate the response of the midlatitude ocean to wind stress variations in a simple ...

Abstract: The thermocline variability caused by a sudden variation of the Ekman pumping is studied, using a 2.5-layer geostrophic model that represents the ventilated and the shadow zones of a subtropical gyre and baroclinic Rossby ...

Abstract: The response of an ocean model of the subtropical and subpolar gyres to idealized surface forcing anomalies that mimic the thermal and mechanical forcing associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is analyzed. ...

Abstract: The response of a simplified model of the subtropical and subpolar gyres to a mechanical stochastic forcing that mimics the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is studied. An internal damped mode of oscillation with a 22?24-yr ...

Abstract: In the midlatitudes, the thermocline depth variations are largely due to Rossby waves of first baroclinic mode forced by stochastic wind stress. The frequency spectrum of this oceanic response is investigated with a simple ...