Abstract: A two-layer model is used to examine the separation of an inertial boundary current from a curved coastline and its subsequent path as a free jet. To isolate the inertial effect, the boundary current is confined to the ...

Abstract: The role played by interocean fluxes of buoyancy in stabilizing the present-day overturning circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is examined. A 2D model of the Atlantic overturning circulation is used, in which the interocean ...

Abstract: From previous model studies, it has become clear that several physical mechanisms may be at work in the retroflection of the Agulhas Current. Here, a systematic study of steady barotropic flows connecting the Indian Ocean ...

Abstract: n analysis of the Indian Ocean circulation and the Agulhas Current retroflection is carried out using a primitive equation model with simplified coastline and flat bottom. Four configurations with 0.25° and 0.1° horizontal ...

Abstract: Solitary meanders of the Agulhas Current, so-called Natal pulses, may play an important role in the overall dynamics of this current system. Several hypotheses concerning the triggering of these pulses are tested using sea ...

Abstract: The thermohaline exchange between the Atlantic and the Southern Ocean is analyzed, using a dataset based on WOCE hydrographic data. It is shown that the salt and heat transports brought about by the South Atlantic subtropical ...

Abstract: Ocean rings, when isolated from major ocean currents, can have life spans on the order of years. This study focuses on the stability of such isolated ocean rings. Assuming axisymmetric basic-state profiles, the linear ...