Intrusions are commonly observed in the upper, deep and coastal oceans, and are closely
linked to lateral fluxes of heat, salt and momentum. This is a review of observations of …

Kinematics of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent: An Eulerian and Lagrangian Approach
from GCM Results in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 27 Issue 6 (1997) Jump to …

An OGCM Study for the TOGA Decade. Part I: Role of Salinity in the Physics of the Western
Pacific Fresh Pool in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 28 Issue 6 (1998) Jump to …

A Model Study of Oceanic Mechanisms Affecting Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature
during the 1997–98 El Niño in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 31 Issue 7 (2001) …

The estimate of future climate change and of its impact on the environment requires to
increase our knowledge of the complex interactions between the atmosphere, the ocean …

Monthly mean velocity fields from a global ocean general circulation model are used to
study the main circulation patterns within the upper 1200 m of the equatorial Atlantic. Some …

The use of σ-coordinate ocean models has historically been considered a disadvantage for
large-scale climate studies. The main reason resides in the non-alignment of the vertical …

Several studies using sea level observations and coupled models have shown that heat
buildup in the western equatorial Pacific is a necessary condition for a major El Niño to …

The importance of the barrier layer during the onset of El Niño is investigated using a
coupled ocean‐atmosphere general circulation model. Sensitivity experiments are done by …

Coupled ocean atmosphere general circulation models (GCM) are typically coupled once
every 24 h, excluding the diurnal cycle from the upper ocean. Previous studies attempting to …