Search Results - "Dewar, W"
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Chaos in the Atlantic Overturning Circulation
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-07-2019)“…Examining an ensemble of high‐resolution ((1/12)°) North Atlantic ocean simulations, we provide new insights into the partitioning of the Atlantic Meridional…”
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Fast Warming of the Surface Ocean Under a Climatological Scenario
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-04-2019)“…We examine various strategies for forcing ocean‐only models, including an atmospheric boundary layer model. This surface forcing allows air‐sea exchanges to…”
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On Wind‐Driven Energetics of Subtropical Gyres
Published in Journal of advances in modeling earth systems (01-04-2021)“…The flow of energy in the wind‐driven circulation is examined in a combined theoretical and numerical study. Based on a multiple‐scale analysis, we find the…”
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On Energy Cascades in General Flows: A Lagrangian Application
Published in Journal of advances in modeling earth systems (01-12-2020)“…An important characteristic of geophysically turbulent flows is the transfer of energy between scales. Balanced flows pass energy from smaller to larger scales…”
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Ocean Energy, Fluxes and an Anti-Anti-Turbulence Conjecture
Published in Ocean and Coastal Research (Online) (01-01-2022)“…Abstract The energy sources for convection and the general circulation are revisited through an analysis of the compressible equations of motion, rather than…”
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On Energy and Turbulent Mixing in the Thermocline
Published in Journal of advances in modeling earth systems (01-03-2019)“…A new method for computing the rate at which turbulent mixing builds potential energy in the ocean is described. The traditional approach has focused on the…”
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THE CLIMODE FIELD CAMPAIGN: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream
Published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (01-09-2009)“…A major oceanographic field experiment is described, which is designed to observe, quantify, and understand the creation and dispersal of weakly stratified…”
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Experimental investigation of the flow characteristics within a shallow wall cavity for both laminar and turbulent upstream boundary layers
Published in Experiments in fluids (01-05-2004)“…The mean and turbulent flow fields were measured upstream, within, and downstream of a non-resonating shallow wall cavity subject to low Mach number flows with…”
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Teaching
Published in The American Biology Teacher (01-11-2012)“…Transformations: Approaches to College Science Teaching . By Deborah Allen and Kimberly D. Tanner. 2009. W.H. Freeman. (ISBN 9781429253352). 284 pp. Cloth…”
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Teaching writing skills in online paleontology and evolution courses
Published in Frontiers in education (Lausanne) (20-09-2022)“…Though foundational knowledge and technical skills are frequently and rightfully emphasized in biology curricula, transferrable skills, including writing, are…”
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Dynamical Origin of Low-Frequency Variability in a Highly Nonlinear Midlatitude Coupled Model
Published in Journal of climate (15-12-2006)“…A novel mechanism of decadal midlatitude coupled variability, which crucially depends on the nonlinear dynamics of both the atmosphere and the ocean, is…”
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On nonlinear baroclinic trapped waves over abrupt topography
Published in Deep-sea research. Part I, Oceanographic research papers (01-11-2008)“…Nonlinear properties of baroclinic trapped topographic waves are examined analytically and numerically. Confined topography of finite amplitude that is…”
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On the application of no-slip lateral boundary conditions to ‘coarsely’ resolved ocean models
Published in Ocean modelling (Oxford) (2011)“…► The application of no-slip boundary conditions to ocean models is reformulated using Law of the Wall and Monin–Obhukov Similarity theory. ► The proposed…”
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On Ocean Dynamics in Midlatitude Climate
Published in Journal of climate (01-12-2001)“…Several recent models of midlatitude climate have speculated on the role of the North Atlantic Ocean in modulating the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO). Here…”
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A mechanistic model of mid-latitude decadal climate variability
Published in Physica. D (01-05-2008)“…A simple heuristic model of coupled decadal ocean–atmosphere modes in middle latitudes is developed. Previous studies have treated atmospheric intrinsic…”
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A highly nonlinear coupled mode of decadal variability in a mid-latitude ocean–atmosphere model
Published in Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans (01-08-2007)“…This study examines mid-latitude climate variability in a model that couples turbulent oceanic and atmospheric flows through an active oceanic mixed layer…”
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On the role of thermohaline advection and sea ice in glacial transitions
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans (01-06-2003)“…A two‐dimensional, one‐basin thermohaline oceanic circulation (THC) model coupled to an atmospheric energy balance model (EBM) with land ice albedo effect and…”
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Variability on steep, confined topography
Published in Deep-sea research. Part 2. Topical studies in oceanography (01-12-2004)“…Analytical f-plane wave characteristics forced by abrupt topography are computed and compared to numerical solutions. The topography is assumed to be both…”
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North Atlantic climate variability in coupled models and data
Published in Nonlinear processes in geophysics (01-01-2008)“…We show that the observed zonally averaged jet in the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere exhibits two spatial patterns with broadband variability in the decadal…”
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Spatio-temporal patterns of Chaos in the Atlantic Overturning Circulation
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