The climate is a forced, dissipative, nonlinear, complex, and heterogeneous system that is
out of thermodynamic equilibrium. The system exhibits natural variability on many scales of …

Oceanic variability on interannual, interdecadal, and longer timescales plays a key role in
climate variability and climate change. Paleoclimatic records suggest major changes in the …

In the? rst edition of this book (publishedby Kluwer Academic in November 2000) the
methodology of dynamical systems theory was introduced and appli-cations of this theory to …

Streamfunction patterns ψ (x, y) of steady linear solutions for several values of gap width
illustrating three flow regimes:(a) γ= 2.56, the boundary current does not penetrate through …

The purpose of this review-and-research paper is twofold:(i) to review the role played in
climate dynamics by fluid-dynamical models; and (ii) to contribute to the understanding and …

Abstract Measurements of Kuroshio Current velocity at the entrance to Luzon Strait along
18.75° N were made with an array of six moorings during June 2012 to June 2013. Strong …

Intrinsic low-frequency variability is studied in the idealized, quasigeostrophic, midlatitude,
wind-driven ocean gyres operating at large Reynolds number. A robust decadal variability …

The authors investigate the spontaneous occurrence of large-scale, low-frequency variability
of steadily forced, two-gyre, wind-driven circulations. The model dynamics is …

The exploration of a two-dimensional wind-driven ocean model with no-slip boundaries
reveals the existence of a turbulent asymptotic regime where energy dissipation becomes …

The wind-driven double-gyre circulation in a rectangular basin goes through several
dynamical regimes as the amount of lateral friction is decreased. This paper studies the …