Poster Session 5 Ocean Dynamics II/Thermohaline Circulations— with Late morning coffee

Wednesday, 6 June 2001: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Host: 13th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Papers:
P5.1
Models of ocean circulation based on the residual circulation
Daniel Jamous, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. C. Marshall

P5.2
What Controls the Vertical Structure and Horizontal Scales of Mid-Ocean Eddies?
Brian K. Arbic, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and G. R. Flierl

P5.3
Long Rossby wave basin-crossing time and the resonance of low-frequency basin modes
Francois W. Primeau, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada

P5.4
Modification of wind-driven circulation and stratified spin-up at ocean fronts
Leif N. Thomas, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. B. Rhines

Handout (2.1 MB)

P5.5
An analytical solution of the ideal-fluid thermocline
Rui Xin Huang, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

P5.6
Splitting of subinertial coastal Kelvin waves at a gap
Theodore S. Durland, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Qiu

P5.7
The effect of mesoscale ocean eddies on the thermocline and abyss
Cara E. Cartwright, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and G. K. Vallis

P5.8
Adjustment of unbalanced vortices in uniformly rotating and stratified fluids

P5.9
Velocity probability density functions of a high resolution, quasi-geostrophic ocean model.

P5.10
The vertical structure of baroclinic eddies: theory and primitive equation numerical tests

P5.11
Thermocline variability in the tropical Pacific
Antonietta Capotondi, Climate Diagnostics Center, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Alexander and C. Deser

P5.12
To what extent are sea level variations due to the expansion or contraction of the water column?
Pedro Ripa, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Handout (189.8 kB)

P5.13
Modes of variability of the Yucatan current
Ana Julia Abascal, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; and J. Sheinbaum, J. Candela, J. L. Ochoa, and A. Badan

P5.14
Understanding Global Warming: Tracking the Salt Oscillator
James R. Wilson, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, Idaho Falls, ID

Handout (183.9 kB)

P5.15
Underlying Mechanisms of Decadal Thermohaline Variability
M. Jeroen Molemaker, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and J. C. McWilliams

P5.16
Poster moved to oral session 7, new paper number 7.2A

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
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