Abstract: Spinup of the circulation driven by an inflow into an abyssal basin containing a simple large-scale topographic feature is studied, using an inverted one-and-a-half-layer shallow-water model. Two types of topography, one ...

Abstract: Angular momentum balances are discussed, both in general as well as in the context of simple channel models of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Particular emphasis is placed on the close relationship between the ...

Abstract: sing primitive equation simulations, a zonally periodic channel is considered. The channel flow is forced by a combination of steady and high-frequency winds. The high-frequency forcing excites near-inertial motion, and ...

Abstract: An eddy-resolving primitive equation ocean model is used to examine energy transfers between frequency bands. Steady wind forcing is used to drive a geostrophic channel to which high-frequency winds are added. This excites ...

Abstract: Considered here is the evolution of three-dimensional perturbations to the hydrostatic equations linearized about a two-dimensional base state U. Motivated by an argument by T. Warn, this study begins with the nonrotating, ...

Abstract: Simple inverted reduced-gravity models of flow over deep ocean sills are considered, with emphasis placed on the case for which sills are wide with respect to the abyssal Rossby radius. When the length scale of the flow ...

Abstract: The classic wind-driven double-gyre problem for a homogeneous (unstratified) thin aspect ratio fluid is considered, but allowing for the flow to be depth dependent. Linear free modes for which the vertical wavenumber kz ? ...

Abstract: The idea that basinlike dynamics may play a major role in determining the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transport is revisited. A simple analytic model is developed to describe the relationship between the wind stress ...

Abstract: ddy-permitting simulations of a wind-driven quasigeostrophic model in an idealized Southern Ocean setting are used to attempt to describe what sets the wind-driven circumpolar transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

Abstract: he classic baroclinic, wind-driven, double gyre problem is considered over a range of deformation radii, wind stress amplitudes, and bottom friction coefficients with the aim of better understanding the transfer of energy ...