Publications:
- Cessi P. and A. Speranza, 1985. Orographic instability of
nonsymmetric baroclinic flows and nonpropagating planetary waves.
J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 42, 2585-2596.
- Cessi P. and J. Pedlosky, 1986. On the role of topography
in the ocean circulation. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 44, 445-471.
- Cessi P., G. Ierley and W. Young, 1987. A model of the
inertial recirculation driven by potential vorticity anomalies.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 17, 1640-1652.
- Cessi P., 1988. A stratified model of the inertial recirculation.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 18, 662-682.
- Cessi P., 1989. On the role of topography in the ocean
circulation: diffusive and inertial effects. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., Vol. 19, 841-852.
- Cessi P., 1990. Recirculation and separation of boundary
currents. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 48, 1-35.
- Cessi P. and L. Thompson, 1990. Geometrical control of the
inertial recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol.
20, 1867-1875.
- Cessi P., R.V. Condie and W.R. Young, 1990.
Dissipative dynamics of western boundary currents.
J. Mar. Res., Vol. 48, 677-700.
- Cessi P., 1991. Laminar separation of colliding western
boundary currents. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 49, 697-717.
- Cessi P. and W.R.Young, 1992. Fixed-flux convection in a
tilted slot. J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 237, 57-71.
- Cessi P., 1992. Ventilation of eastern subtropical gyres.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 22, 683-685.
- Cessi P. and W.R. Young, 1992. Multiple equilibria in
two-dimensional thermohaline circulation. J.
Fluid Mech., Vol. 241, 291-309.
- Cessi P. and G.R. Ierley, 1993. Nonlinear disturbances of
western boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
Vol. 23, 1727-1735.
- Cessi P., 1994. A simple box model of stochastically forced
thermohaline flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 24,
1911-1920.
- Cessi P. and Ierley G.R., 1995. Symmetry-breaking multiple
equilibria in quasigeostrophic, wind-driven flows. J.
Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 25, 1196-1205.
- Cessi, P., 1996. Convective adjustment and thermohaline
excitability. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 26,
481-491.
- Cessi P., 1996. Grid-scale instability of
convective-adjustment schemes. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 54,
407-420.
- Cessi P. and W.R. Young, 1996. Some unexpected consequences of the
interaction between convective adjustment and horizontal diffusion.
Physica D, Vol. 98, 287-300.
- Cessi, P., 1998. Angular momentum and temperature
homogenization in the symmetric circulation of the atmosphere.
J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 55, 1997-2015.
- Cessi, P., 2000. Thermal feed-back on wind stress as a
contributing cause of climate variability. J.
Climate, Vol. 13, 232-244.
- Gallego, B. and P. Cessi, 2000. Exchange of heat and momentum
between the atmosphere and the ocean: a minimal model of decadal
oscillations. Clim. Dyn., Vol. 16, 479-489.
- Cessi, P. and F. Primeau, 2000. Dissipative selection of
low-frequency modes in a reduced-gravity basin.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 31, 127-137.
- Primeau, F. and P. Cessi, 2000. Coupling between
wind-driven currents and mid-latitude storm tracks. J.
Climate, Vol. 14, 1243-1261.
- Gallego, B. and P. Cessi, 2001. Decadal variability of two
oceans and an atmosphere. J. Climate, Vol. 14,
2815-2832.
- Cessi, P. and F. Paparella, 2001. Excitation of basin modes by
ocean-atmosphere coupling. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.
28, 2437-2440.
- Cessi, P. and S. Louazel, 2001. Decadal oceanic response to
stochastic wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol.
31, 3020-3029.
- Ferrari, R. and P. Cessi, 2002. Seasonal synchronization in a
chaotic ocean--atmosphere model. J. Climate, Vol. 16,
875-881.
- Spydell, M. and P. Cessi, 2002. Baroclinic modes in a two-layer
basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33,
610-622.
- Cessi P. and P. Otheguy, 2003. Remote response to decadal wind
forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33, 1604-1617.
- Gallego B., P. Cessi and J.C. McWilliams, 2004. The Antarctic
Circumpolar current in equilibrium. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., Vol. 34, 1571-1587.
- Cessi P., K. Bryan and R. Zhang. Global seiching of thermocline
waters between the Atlantic and the Indian-Pacific Ocean
Basins. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, L04302,
doi:10.1029/2003GL019091.
- Cessi P. and M. Fantini, 2004. The eddy-driven thermocline.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 34, 2642-2658.
- Cessi P., W.R. Young and J.A. Polton, 2007. Control of
large-scale ocean heat transport by small-scale mixing. J.
Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 37, 1877-1894.
- Cessi P., 2007. Regimes of thermocline scaling: The interaction
of wind stress and surface buoyancy. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., Vol. 37, 2009-2021.
- Cessi P., 2008. An Energy-Constrained Parameterization of Eddy
Buoyancy Flux J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 38, 1807-1819.
- Wolfe, C.L. and P. Cessi, 2008. Overturning Circulation in an
Eddy-Resolving Model: The Effect of the Pole-to-Pole Temperature
Gradient. Accepted for publication on J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47pp.
- Wolfe, C. L., P. Cessi, J. L. McClean, and M. E. Maltrud (2008),
Vertical heat transport in eddying ocean models,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23605, doi:10.1029/2008GL036138
- Wolfe, C. L. and P. Cessi: Overturning Circulation in an Eddy-Resolving Model: The Effect of the Pole-to-Pole Temperature Gradient.
- P. Cessi and Wolfe, C. L.: Eddy-driven buoyancy gradients on eastern boundaries and their role in the thermocline
- P. Cessi, Wolfe, C. L. and Ludka, B.C.: Eastern-boundary contribution to the Residual and Meridional Overturning Circulations\
aries and their role in the thermocline
- Wolfe, C. L. and P. Cessi: What Sets the Strength of the Mid-Depth Stratification and Overturning Circulation in Eddying Ocean Models?
- Wolfe, C. L. and P. Cessi: The adiabatic pole-to-pole overturning circulation