Abstract: he effects of time-varying turbulent viscosity on horizontal currents in the ocean surface boundary layer are considered using a simple, theoretical model that can be solved analytically. This model reproduces major aspects ...

Abstract: cean currents in the surface boundary layer are sensitive to a variety of parameters not included in classic Ekman theory, including the vertical structure of eddy viscosity, finite boundary layer depth, baroclinic pressure ...

Abstract: kman transport, the horizontal mass transport associated with a wind-stress applied on the ocean surface, is modified by the vorticity of ocean currents, leading to what has been termed the nonlinear Ekman transport. In ...

Abstract: AbstractWeakly stratified layers over sloping topography can support a submesoscale baroclinic instability mode, a bottom boundary layer counterpart to surface mixed layer instabilities. The instability results from the ...

Abstract: AbstractNonconservative processes change the potential vorticity (PV) of the upper ocean and, later, through the subduction of surface waters into the interior, affect the general ocean circulation. Here we focus on how ...