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Venus's General Circulation is a Merry-Go-Round
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: It is suggested that the atmosphere of Venus might rotate even if the planet did not, due to an apparently new nonlinear instability. One expects convention due to solar heating; if somehow a vertical shear of the horizontal ...
Why There is an Intense Eastward Current in the North Atlantic but not in the South Atlantic
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: It is suggested that baroclinic currents may he expected to he sharper where deeper water or a decreasing Coriolis parameter lies in the direction of the Coriolis force. This is the case for the Gulf Stream between Hatteras ...
A Prograde Jet Driven by Rossby Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Waves are forced by moving sources and sinks of mass on a beta-plane with Ekman friction. If the motion is retrograde and not too fast, these are Rossby waves with a nonzero Reynolds stress u?v??. This stress forces a ...
Climatological Numerical Models of the Surface Mixed Layer of the Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Three slab models of the surface mixed layer of the ocean are given simple and fast computer implementations. Actual meteorological data from Ocean Weather Station N are used for a year-long forecast. The results compare ...
Observations of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Shipboard observations made in May 1982 showed a definite poleward surface flow (the Leeuwin Current) over the West Australian shelf from 22°S to 28°S. The surface current was relatively fresh, warm, low in dissolved oxygen ...
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