The term 'geostrophic' refers to the situation where, for an observer on the earth's surface, the vortical currents (the circulating currents flowing around the eddy) induce an equal and opposite ...

A 2-layer quasi-geostrophic atmospheric model in Python. Can be coupled to a simple land or shallow-water ocean component.

The simple linear geostrophic theory of the abyssal circulation proposed by Stommel and Arons 1,2 requires that the source water, “after passing south of New Zealand, flows northward into the ...

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The island rule theory in the case of complex geometry with multiple islands referring to the Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent is investigated on the basis of Godfrey’s island rule theory. The bottom ...

Planktons play a significant role in affecting the transformation and distribution of materials in aquatic ecosystems. Biological activities can be categorized into autotrophic (i.e., the formation of ...