| dc.contributor.author | Wang, Jinbo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Spall, Michael A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Flierl, Glenn Richard | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rizzoli, Paola M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-16T16:45:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-16T16:45:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012-04 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74027 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A simple barotropic quasi-geostrophic model is used to demonstrate that instabilities radiated from an unstable eastern boundary current can generate zonal striations in the ocean interior with realistic wavelengths and amplitudes. Nonlinear transfer of energy from the more unstable trapped modes is important for radiating modes to overcome friction. The dynamics shown here are generic enough to point to the eastern boundary current as a likely source of the observed striations extending from oceanic eastern boundaries. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant NNX12AD47G) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant OCE-0752346) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Y-S Fellowship) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Education Office | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012gl051861 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | Other Repository | en_US |
| dc.title | A new mechanism for the generation of quasi-zonal jets in the ocean | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wang, Jinbo et al. “A New Mechanism for the Generation of Quasi-zonal Jets in the Ocean.” Geophysical Research Letters 39.10 (2012). ©2012 American Geophysical Union | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Wang, Jinbo | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Flierl, Glenn Richard | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Rizzoli, Paola M. | |
| dc.relation.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Wang, Jinbo; Spall, Michael A.; Flierl, Glenn R.; Malanotte-Rizzoli, Paola | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2431-6838 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-5249 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
