Abstract: It is shown that wind stress curl is balanced by bottom pressure torque in a zonal integral over any strip wide enough to smooth out the effect of nonlinear terms (typically about 3° of latitude). The derivation is completely ...

Abstract: Satellite altimeter observations of sea surface height (SSH) show an extensive triangular region of high variability in the southeastern Pacific. The region is unusual in two ways. First, it appears to have a horizontal ...

Abstract: Leonard?s widely used QUICK advection scheme is, like the Bryan?Cox?Semtner ocean model, based on a control volume form of the advection equation. Unfortunately, in its normal form it cannot be used with the leapfrog?Euler ...

Abstract: This study uses tracer experiments in a global eddy-resolving ocean model to examine two diagnostic methods for inferring effective eddy isopycnic diffusivity from point release tracers. The first method is based on the ...

Abstract: It is demonstrated that current level models, both with and without assimilation, generate too shallow an overturning in the North Atlantic (just like their predecessors) because they do not reproduce the descent of plumes ...

Abstract: The behavior of the Mediterranean Water in the North Atlantic Ocean sector of a global ocean general circulation model is explored, starting from its entry point at the Strait of Gibraltar. The analysis focuses primarily ...

Abstract: Numerical models of the ocean are widely used to study the physics, chemistry, and biology of the ocean and its effect on climate. Unfortunately limits in available computer power often restrict the length of model runs ...