Richard Karsten's Publications Page

Publications: (click on the links for abstracts and links to the full text of the papers) 

  1. Karsten, R.H., and J. Marshall: Testing theories of the vertical stratification of the ACC against observations.  Dyn. Atmos. and Oceans, 36, 233-246.
  2. Karsten, R.H., and J. Marshall, Constructing the residual circulation for the ACC from observations J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3315–3327.
  3. Karsten, R.H., H. Jones and J. Marshall, 2002: The role of eddy transfer in setting the stratification and transport of a Circumpolar Current. J. Phys. 32, 39-54.
  4. Marshall, J. , H. Jones, R.H. Karsten, and R. Wardle, 2002: Can eddies set ocean stratification? J. Phys. Oceanogr. 32, 26-38.
  5. Karsten, R.H., and G.E. Swaters, 2000: Nonlinear effects in two-layer, large-amplitude, geostrophic dynamics. Part 2: The weak-beta case. J. Fluid Mech., 412, 160-196.
  6. Karsten, R.H., and G.E. Swaters, 2000: Nonlinear effects in two-layer, large-amplitude, geostrophic dynamics. Part 1:The strong-beta case. J. Fluid Mech., 412, 125-160.
  7. Karsten, R.H., and G.E. Swaters, 1999: A unified asymptotic derivation of two-layer, frontal geostrophic models including planetary sphericity and variable topography. Phys. Fluids, 11, 2583-2597.
  8. Karsten, R.H., 1998: Nonlinear effects in two-layer, frontal geostrophic models of surface ocean fronts, PhD Thesis, University of Alberta.
  9. Karsten, R.H., and G.E. Swaters,1996: A note on the stability theory of buoyancy-driven ocean currents over a sloping bottom. J. Appl. Math. Physics (ZAMP),47, 28-38.
  10. Karsten, R.H., and G.E. Swaters, 1996: Nonlinear stability of baroclinic fronts in a channel with variable topography. Stud. Appl. Math., 96, 183-199.
  11. Karsten, R.H., G.E. Swaters, and R.E. Thomson, 1995: Stability characteristics of deep water replacement in the Strait of Georgia. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25(10), 2391-2403.

Students Work:

  1. A TWO LAYER FRONTAL GEOSTROPHIC MODEL OF EDDY FLUXES IN A WIND DRIVEN CURRENT by Jueun Kim. Honours Thesis, Acadia University Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2002.

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