Posted by Watts on November 09, 2000 at 15:22:44:
As you show in Fig 7, the response of your model rectangular
basin to the annual march of wind-curl forcing is
(a) for 1-layer, almost immediately adjusted to Sverdrup transport;
(b) for 2-layers, significantly phase-offset and amplitude-changed
from Sverdrup transport.
(Reminiscent of Florida Straits, where phase offset is roughly 180 degrees,
with max transport in summer, as I recall.)
As you know, the difference arises from the fast barotropic vs slow
baroclinic planetary wave propagation speed, which carries the information to
the western boundary from the central ocean.
Please indicate whether your Figures 5 and 8 represent a 1- or 2-layer case.
--interesting poster! --Randy