Abstract: The thermohaline spinup of an equatorial ocean primitive equation GCM is investigated with a series of high-resolution numerical experiments. The author finds that a general problem of this class of models is unrealistically ...

Abstract: The effect of equatorial undercurrent (EUC) shear on equatorial upper-ocean mixing is studied using a large eddy simulation (LES) model. This study consists of five numerical experiments of convection with various initial ...

Abstract: Exact solutions are found for Kawase's linear, two-layer model of mass-driven deep-ocean circulation. It is demonstrated that for strong damping, even though the deep western boundary current (DWBC) bifurcates at the equator ...

Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets (TJs) are narrow eastward currents, located a few degrees on either side of the equator at depths from 200 to 500 m in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, non-eddy-resolving, oceanic general circulation ...

Abstract: The deep diurnal cycle of turbulence at the equator is studied using the technique of large-eddy simulation (LES). Based on a scale-separation hypothesis, the LES model includes the following large-scale flow terms: the ...