Publications
by members of the group
D. Mercer, J. Sheng, R. J. Greatbatch and
J. Bobanovic,
2002,
``Barotropic waves generated by storms moving
rapidly over shallow water'',
Journal of Geophysical Research,
in press.
K. R. Thompson, L. Cong, J. Sheng,
and P.C. Smith,
``Assessing the Forecast Skill of an Operational Model for Predicting
Circulation on the Scotian Shelf, Part II: Model Assessment,''
Journal of Geophysical Research,
submitted.
J. Sheng, K. R. Thompson, and M. Dowd,
``Circulation in the eastern Canadian Shelf Seas with special emphasis
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Scotian Shelf'',
Journal of Geophysical Research,
submitted.
J. Sheng, K. R. Thompson, L. Cong, P. C. Smith, and
D. J. Lawrence,
2001,
``Winter circulation on theScotian shelf,''
Continental Shelf Research,
21,
1.
K. A. Peterson and R. J. Greatbatch,
2001,
``Vorticity Fluxes in Shallow Water Ocean Models'',
Atmosphere-Ocean,
39(1),
1.
F. J. M. Davidson, R. J. Greatbatch and B. deYoung,
2001,
``Asymmetry in the response of a stratified coastal embayment to
wind forcing'',
Journal of Geophysical Research,
106(C4),
7001.
T.L. Delworth, and R. J. Greatbatch,
2000,
``Multidecadal thermohaline circulation variability driven by
atmospheric surface flux forcing'',
Journal of Climate,
13(9),
1481.
R. J. Greatbatch, and G. Li,
2000,
``Along slope mean flow and an associated upslope bolus flux of
tracer in a parameterization of mesoscale turbulence'',
Deep Sea Research, Part I,
47,
709.
R. J. Greatbatch and B. Nadiga,
2000,
``Fourgyre circulation in a barotropic model with double gyre wind forcing'',
Journal of Physical Oceanography,
30,
1461.
R. J. Greatbatch,
2000,
``The
North Atlantic Oscillation'',
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment,
Springer-Verlag,
14 (4/5), 213.
J.K. Dukowicz, and R. J. Greatbatch,
1999,
``Evolution of mean flow Fofonoff gyres in barotropic quasi-geostrophic
turbulence,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
29,
1832.
J.K. Dukowicz, and R. J. Greatbatch,
1999,
``The bolus velocity in the stochastic theory of ocean turbulent tracer
OAtransport,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
29,
2232.
R. J. Greatbatch, and G. L. Mellor,
1999,
``An Overview of Coastal Ocean Models,'' in
Coastal Ocean Prediction:
American Geophysical Union, Coastal and Estuarine
Studies Series,
Ed. C. N. K. Mooers,
56,
526.
R. J. Greatbatch,
1998,
``Exploring
the relationship between eddy-induced transport
velocity, vertical momentum transfer and the isopycnal flux
of potential vorticity,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
28(3),
422.
F. J. M. Davidson, R. J. Greatbatch and A. D. Goulding,
1998,
``
On the net cyclonic circulation in large stratified
lakes,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
28(3),
527.
J. Sheng, D. G. Wright, R. J. Greatbatch,
D. E. Dietrich,
1998,
``CANDIE: A New Version of the DieCAST Ocean Circulation Model,''
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
15(6),
1414.
P. C. Smith, D. J.Lawrence, K. R. Thompson, J. Sheng,
G. Verner, J. St. James, N. Bernier, and L. Feldman,
1998,
``Improving the skill of search-and-rescue forecasts,''
CMOS Bulletin,
26,
119.
K.A. Peterson and R. J. Greatbatch,
1997,
``
The influence of the mean state on interdecadal variability in
flat-bottomed ocean models,''
Tellus,
50A,
109.
K. R. Thompson, and J. Sheng,
1997,
``Subtidal circulation on the Scotian Shelf: Assessing the hindcast
skill of a linear, barotropic model,''
Journal of Geophysical Research,
102,
24987.
S. Zhang and R.J. Greatbatch,
1997,
``The relationship between anomalies in sea surface temperature and
surface heat flux in a simple coupled ocean-atmosphere model,''
Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans),
102(C11),
25195.
J. Sheng , and K. R. Thompson,
1996,
``A robust method for diagnosing regional shelf circulation from
scattered density profiles,''
Journal of Geophysical Research,
101,
25647.
R. J. Greatbatch and K. A. Peterson
1996,
``Interdecadal
variability and oceanic thermohaline adjustment,''
J. Geophys. Res.,
101(C9),
20467.
R. J. Greatbatch, Y. Lu, and B. deYoung,
1996,
``Application of a barotropic model to North Atlantic synoptic sea level
variability.''
J. Mar. Res.,
54,
451.
L. Z. Cong, J. Sheng and K. R. Thompson,
1996,
``A retrospective study of particle retention on the Scotian Shelf
over last 38 years,''
Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences,
170.
R. J. Greatbatch, Y. Lu, B. deYoung and J. C. Larsen,
1995,
``The variation of transport through the Straits of Florida: A
barotropic model study,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
25(11),
2726.
R. J. Greatbatch and S. Zhang,
1995,
``An interdecadal oscillation in an idealised ocean basin forced by
constant heat flux,''
J. Climate,
8(1),
81.
J. Sheng, and K. R. Thompson,
1995,
``Summer surface circulation on the Newfoundland and Grand Banks:
The Role of local density gradients and remote forcing,''
Atmosphere-Ocean,
34,
257.
K. R. Thompson, J. Sheng, M.G. Down and J. Bobanovic,
1995,
``Towards an operational model of the circulation on the eastern
Canadian continental shelf,''
Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences,
169.
R. J. Greatbatch,
1994,
``A note on the representation of steric sea level in models that
conserve volume rather than mass,''
J. Geophys. Res.,
99(C6),
12767.
S. Zhang, R. J. Greatbatch and C. A. Lin,
1993,
``A re-examination of the polar halocline catastrophe and implications
for coupled ocean-atmosphere models,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
23(2),
287.
R. J. Greatbatch and A. D. Goulding,
1992,
``A long-time-scale, density-stratified shelf circulation model,''
Cont. Shelf Res.,
12(1),
115.
R. J. Greatbatch, A. F. Fanning, A. D. Goulding and S. Levitus,
1991,
``A diagnosis of interpentadal circulation changes in the North
Atlantic,''
J. Geophys. Res.,
96(C12),
22009.
R. J. Greatbatch and K. G. Lamb,
1990,
``On parameterizing vertical mixing of momentum in non-eddy-resolving
ocean models,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
20(1),
1634.
R. J. Greatbatch and A. D. Goulding,
1989,
``Seasonal variations in a linear barotropic model of the North
Atlantic driven by the Hellerman and Rosenstein wind stress
field,''
J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
19(5),
572.