Abstract: In this study, the authors explore how vertical-mixing parameterizations influence the structure of zonal currents in the eastern equatorial Pacific using an isopycnal ocean model that contains an explicit surface mixed ...

Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets (TJs) are narrow eastward currents located along thermal fronts at the poleward edges of thermostad water in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, an oceanic general circulation model (OGCM) is used to explore ...

Abstract: The salinity distribution in the South China Sea (SCS) has a pronounced subsurface maximum from 150?220 m throughout the year. This feature can only be maintained by the existence of a mean flow through the SCS, consisting ...

Abstract: An oceanic general circulation model is used to investigate the annual cycle of the near-surface currents in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean; in particular, the causes of the springtime increase of eastward momentum ...

Abstract: One of the striking features of tropical instability waves (TIWs) is that they appear to be more prominent north of the equator. A linearized, 2½-layer ocean model is used to investigate effects of various asymmetric ...

Abstract: A hierarchy of models, varying from 2½-layer to 4½-layer systems, is used to explore the dynamics of the Pacific Subsurface Countercurrents, commonly referred to as ?Tsuchiya Jets? (TJs). The TJs are eastward currents ...

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 South China Sea (SCS) is often treated as a semienclosed water body, with the Luzon Strait as its only connection to the Pacific Ocean. A branch of the Kuroshio flows northwestward across the Luzon Strait to enter the ...

Abstract: The Pacific North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) is generally not well simulated in numerical models. In this study, the causes of this problem are investigated by comparing model solutions to observed NECC estimates. ...