Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: A tribute to the scientific work of Pedro Ripa

2.5-layer model 3-layer model advection amplitude angular momentum anticyclonic approximation Atmos Badan-Dangon balance baroclinic instability barotropic bottom boundary layer channel circular circulation condition conservation convection coordinates cyclonic density depth diffusion domain eddies energy enstrophy equations evolution field Figure Filonov Fluid Dynamics Fluid Mech flux forcing frequency function Geophys Geophysical Fluid Dynamics geostrophic gradient Guaymas Guaymas Basin Gulf of California gyre Hamiltonian heat horizontal integral internal tide internal waves Kelvin waves Lagrangian Lavín linear Marinone mesoscale mixing mode nonlinear numerical simulations ocean Oceanogr oceanography outflow parameters particle Pedro perturbation Phys potential vorticity region residual currents Ripa Ripa's theorem Rossby waves rotation salinity San Esteban scales sea level seamount seasonal shelf shown shows sills slope solution stability stagnation points stratification structure subtropical surface temperature thermocline tidal tripole turbulence two-layer upper values variability vector Velasco Fuentes velocity vortex wavenumber wind Yucatan Channel