On the interbasin‐scale thermohaline circulation

WJ Schmitz Jr - Reviews of Geophysics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The global‐scale circulation has long been one of oceanography's most challenging and
exciting research topics. A few features of the abyssal (near bottom) and deep circulation of …

A census of Meddies tracked by floats

PL Richardson, AS Bower, W Zenk - Progress in Oceanography, 2000 - Elsevier
Recent subsurface float measurements in 27 Mediterranean Water eddies (Meddies) in the
Atlantic are grouped together to reveal new information about the pathways of these …

[图书][B] Atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics

GK Vallis - 2017 - books.google.com
The atmosphere and ocean are two of the most important components of the climate system,
and fluid dynamics is central to our understanding of both. This book provides a unified and …

[HTML][HTML] Geographical variability of the first baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation

DB Chelton, RA DeSzoeke, MG Schlax… - Journal of Physical …, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
Comparison between the WKB approximations λ WKB 1 and numerical estimates λ 1 of the
first baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation on a global 1× 1 grid.(a) Scatterplot of λ WKB 1 …

The Mediterranean climate: an overview of the main characteristics and issues

P Lionello, P Malanotte-Rizzoli, R Boscolo… - Developments in earth …, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The Mediterranean Region has many morphologic, geographical,
historical, and societal characteristics, which make its climate scientifically interesting. The …

Satellite altimetry

DB Chelton, JC Ries, BJ Haines, LL Fu… - International …, 2001 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The basic concept of satellite altimetry is to measure the range from the
satellite to the sea surface. The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean interpolation by four-dimensional weighted least squares—Application to the waters around Australasia

KR Ridgway, JR Dunn, JL Wilkin - Journal of atmospheric and …, 2002 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean Interpolation by Four-Dimensional Weighted Least Squares—Application to the Waters
around Australasia in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 19 Issue 9 …

The mean flow field of the tropical Atlantic Ocean

L Stramma, F Schott - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 1999 - Elsevier
The mean horizontal flow field of the tropical Atlantic Ocean is described between 20° N and
20° S from observations and literature results for three layers of the upper ocean, Tropical …

A process-convolution approach to modelling temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean

D Higdon - Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 1998 - Springer
This paper develops a process-convolution approach for space-time modelling. With this
approach, a dependent process is constructed by convolving a simple, perhaps …

MIMOC: A global monthly isopycnal upper‐ocean climatology with mixed layers

S Schmidtko, GC Johnson… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A monthly, isopycnal/mixed‐layer ocean climatology (MIMOC), global from 0 to 1950 dbar, is
compared with other monthly ocean climatologies. All available quality‐controlled profiles of …