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RISA Kinematic Model of Wind-Driven Meridional Heat Transport
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A kinematic model of flow in the subtropical gyre is used to estimate the upper-ocean temperature distribution and heat transport that is forced by the wind-driven circulation. The temperature is idealized as a passive ...
Decadal Response of Global Circulation to Southern Ocean Zonal Wind Stress Perturbation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A substantial component of North Atlantic Deep Water formation may be driven by westerly wind stress over the Southern Ocean. Variability of this wind stress on decadal time scales may lead to circulation variability far ...
Meridional Heat Transport by the Subtropical Cell
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The wind-driven circulation adds a significant contribution to poleward meridional heat transport. Numerical models indicate that equatorward of ?0, the zero wind stress latitude (30° lat), most of the wind-induced heat ...
The Dynamics of Equatorially Asymmetric Thermohaline Circulations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The three-dimensional dynamics of equatorially asymmetric thermohaline flow are investigated using an ocean general circulation model in a highly idealized configuration with no wind forcing and nearly fixed surface density. ...
Behavior of Double-Hemisphere Thermohaline Flows in a Single Basin
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A coarse resolution, three-dimensional numerical model is used to study how external parameters control the existence and strength of equatorially asymmetric thermohaline overturning in a large-scale, rotating ocean basin. ...
The Role of Individual Surface Flux Components in the Passive and Active Ocean Heat Uptake
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractSurface flux perturbations (heat, freshwater, and wind) due to an increase of atmospheric CO2 cause significant intermodel spread in ocean heat uptake; however, the mechanism underlying their impact is not very ...
The Relationship between Oscillating Subtropical Wind Stress and Equatorial Temperature
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An earlier study showed that an atmosphere?ocean model of the Pacific develops a midlatitude oscillation that produces decadal sea surface temperature (SST) variability on the equator. The authors use the ocean component ...
Sensitivity of Basinwide Meridional Overturning to Diapycnal Diffusion and Remote Wind Forcing in an Idealized Atlantic–Southern Ocean Geometry
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Recent numerical experiments indicate that the rate of meridional overturning associated with North Atlantic Deep Water is partially controlled by wind stress in the Southern Ocean, where the zonal periodicity of the domain ...
CORRIGENDUM
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Remote Wind-Driven Overturning in the Absence of the Drake Passage Effect
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Zonal wind stress over the Southern Ocean may be responsible for a significant fraction of the meridional overturning associated with North Atlantic Deep Water. Numerical experiments by Tsujino and Suginohara imply that ...