Abstract: Two-dimensional numerical simulations of the turbulent buoyant Ekman layer in the presence of variable stratification help explain a transport mechanism for the detachment of the boundary layer flow around the front. ...

Abstract: Whether diurnal tidal currents at midlatitudes (25?45°) can have an appreciable effect in determining the thickness of the turbulent bottom Ekman layer is considered. Simple arguments together with predictions of a numerical ...

Abstract: Spectral analyses of three long-term (8 months), deep (?5 km), current-meter records located on the Scotian Rise (?40°N, 62°W) and a time series of the average northerly position of the surface Gulf Stream System obtained ...