Abstract: We use a perturbation technique to construct modon solutions that are valid in the presence of weak, linear north-south shear to help assess the application of modons to atmospheric blocking. The model equation is equivalent ...

Abstract: It is shown, by the integration of numerical initial-value problems, that modon-with-rider solutions to the equivalent barotropic equation are unstable in the parametric range relevant to Gulf Stream rings. The fastest ...

Abstract: Data from satellite-tracked drifting buoys and VOS/XBT profiles for the years 1979?95 were used to evaluate the seasonal cycle of how major oceanic processes redistribute heat in the cold tongue region of the tropical ...