TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING OF THE ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 25:7 (1995) 1636-1650
On the feedback of the Rhines-Young pool on the ventilated thermocline
Journal of Physical Oceanography 23:7 (1993) 1592-1596
Abstract:
The model developed by Pedlosky and Young is used to investigate the feedback of a Rhines-Young pool on a ventilated thermocline. It is found that the potential vorticity gradient in a ventilated layer is reduced due to the nonlinear coupling with a deep Rhines-Young pool. Physically, this occurs because part of the Sverdrup transport is carried by the deep pool. As a result, the subduction velocity, and in turn, the potential vorticity gradient of the subducted water, is decreased. -AuthorsResonance of Fofonoff's mode in a rotated basin
Journal of Physical Oceanography 23:5 (1993) 970-978
Abstract:
Fofonoff solutions to the inviscid barotropic potential vorticity equation are found for the steady, free flow in a basin rotated at an arbitrary angle to a latitude circle. These solutions are used to study the inertial recirculation of the subtropical gyre, which is forced by anomalously low values of potential vorticity within the separated Gulf Stream. -from AuthorZonal penetration scale of midlatitude oceanic jets
Journal of Physical Oceanography 22:9 (1992) 1018-1032