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RISAn Equatorial Diffusive Boundary Layer and the Equatorial Stacked Jets in Thermally Driven OGCMs
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: New equatorial boundary layer solutions are found in a reduced-gravity model with large horizontal diffusivity. Analytical and semianalytical solutions are obtained and the structure of the boundary layer is discussed. The ...
Energy Transfer within the Small-Scale Oceanic Internal Wave Spectrum
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Three-dimensional numerical experiments are conducted to examine energy transfer within the small-scale portion of the Garrett?Munk model spectrum of oceanic internal waves. The rate of energy transfer in the experiments ...
Effects of the Pacific Diapycnal Mixing and Wind Stress on the Global and Pacific Meridional Overturning Circulation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Numerical experiments are conducted using an idealized basin to investigate roles of the deep vertical diffusivity and wind stress of the Pacific Ocean in the global and Pacific meridional overturning circulation. The ...
Dynamics of the Northern Tsuchiya Jet
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets (TJs) are narrow eastward currents located along thermal fronts at the poleward edges of thermostad water in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, an oceanic general circulation model (OGCM) is used to explore ...
The South China Sea Throughflow Retrieved from Climatological Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The salinity distribution in the South China Sea (SCS) has a pronounced subsurface maximum from 150?220 m throughout the year. This feature can only be maintained by the existence of a mean flow through the SCS, consisting ...
Influence of Eddy Momentum Fluxes on the Mean Flow of the Kuroshio Extension in a 1/10° Ocean General Circulation Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study explores the role of the momentum flux divergence due to mesoscale eddies for the maintenance of the Kuroshio Extension (KE) jet. For that purpose, the zonal momentum budget in a high-resolution ocean general ...
Comparison of Two Classical Advection Schemes in a General Circulation Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors compare two classical advection schemes, the centered difference and weighted upcurrent, for coarse-resolution OGCMs, using an idealized ocean basin and a realistic World Ocean topography. For the idealized ...
Dynamics of the Southern Tsuchiya Jet
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Tsuchiya jets (TJs) are narrow eastward currents, located a few degrees on either side of the equator at depths from 200 to 500 m in the Pacific Ocean. In this study, non-eddy-resolving, oceanic general circulation ...
Subsurface Salinity Balance in the South China Sea
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The South China Sea (SCS) is often treated as a semienclosed water body, with the Luzon Strait as its only connection to the Pacific Ocean. A branch of the Kuroshio flows northwestward across the Luzon Strait to enter the ...
Dynamics of a Quasi-Stationary Jet along the Subarctic Front in the North Pacific Ocean (the Western Isoguchi Jet): An Ideal Two-Layer Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ABSTRACTThe dynamics of a quasi-stationary jet along the Subarctic Front in the North Pacific Ocean (the Western Isoguchi Jet) were investigated using an idealized two-layer model. The experiments suggested that a seafloor ...