Multiple jets as PV staircases: the Phillips effect and the resilience of eddy-transport barriers

DG Dritschel, ME McIntyre - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2008‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A review is given that focuses on why the sideways mixing of potential vorticity (PV) across
its background gradient tends to be inhomogeneous, arguably a reason why persistent jets …

The nature and consequences of oceanic eddies

JC McWilliams - Geophysical monograph series, 2008‏ - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Mesoscale eddies are everywhere in the ocean. They provide important material and
dynamical fluxes for the equilibrium balances of the general circulation and climate. Eddy …

Zonal jets in the Pacific Ocean

KJ Richards, NA Maximenko, FO Bryan… - Geophysical research …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
The spatial and temporal properties of zonally coherent jet‐like structures found in high
resolution ocean models is examined. We focus on the Pacific Ocean. We find the properties …

Eddy-mean flow interactions in the along-stream development of a western boundary current jet: An idealized model study

S Waterman, SR Jayne - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2011‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A theoretical study on the role of eddy-mean flow interactions in the time-mean dynamics of
a zonally evolving, unstable, strongly inertial jet in a configuration and parameter regime that …

Random-forcing model of the mesoscale oceanic eddies

PS Berloff - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2005‏ - cambridge.org
The role of mesoscale oceanic eddies in driving large-scale currents is studied in an eddy-
resolving midlatitude double-gyre ocean model. The reference solution is decomposed into …

The turbulent oscillator: A mechanism of low-frequency variability of the wind-driven ocean gyres

P Berloff, AMC Hogg, W Dewar - Journal of Physical …, 2007‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Intrinsic low-frequency variability is studied in the idealized, quasigeostrophic, midlatitude,
wind-driven ocean gyres operating at large Reynolds number. A robust decadal variability …

Impact of uncertainties in the horizontal density gradient upon low resolution global ocean modelling

JM Brankart - Ocean Modelling, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this study, it is shown (i) that, as a result of the nonlinearity of the seawater equation of
state, unresolved scales represent a major source of uncertainties in the computation of the …

A mechanism of formation of multiple zonal jets in the oceans

P Berloff, I Kamenkovich, J Pedlosky - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
Multiple alternating zonal jets observed in the ocean are studied with an idealized
quasigeostrophic model of flow in a zonal channel. The jets are maintained by the eddies …

The Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation gyres

SR Jayne, NG Hogg, SN Waterman, L Rainville… - Deep sea research part I …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper reports on the strength and structure of the Kuroshio Extension and its
recirculation gyres. In the time average, quasi-permanent recirculation gyres are found to the …

Quantifying uncertainties on regional sea level change induced by multidecadal intrinsic oceanic variability

G Sérazin, B Meyssignac, T Penduff… - Geophysical …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A global eddy‐permitting (1/4° resolution) ocean general circulation model is
shown to spontaneously generate intrinsic oceanic variability (IOV) up to multidecadal …