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RISEnergetics of the Global Ocean: The Role of Layer-Thickness Form Drag
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Understanding the role of mesoscale eddies in the global ocean is fundamental to gaining insight into the factors that control the strength of the circulation. This paper presents results of an analysis of a high-resolution ...
Sensitivity of the Ventilation Process in the North Pacific to Eddy-Induced Tracer Transport
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A coarse-resolution isopycnal model coupled with a bulk mixed layer model is used to examine the effect of isopycnal thickness diffusion, which parameterizes the subgrid-scale eddy-induced tracer transport, on ventilation ...
Vertical Mixing in the Ocean and Its Impact on the Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere System in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The zonal and meridional asymmetries in the eastern tropical Pacific (the eastern equatorial cold tongue and the northern intertropical convergence zone) are key aspects of the region that are strongly influenced by ...
The Dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in a near-eddy-resolving model of the Southern Ocean (FRAM) are investigated. A streamwise coordinate system is used, rather than a more conventional approach of ...
Chlorofluorocarbon Constraints on North Atlantic Ventilation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The North Atlantic Ocean vigorously ventilates the ocean interior. Thermocline and deep water masses are exposed to atmospheric contact there and are sequestered in two principal classes: Subtropical Mode Water (STMW: 26.5 ...
On the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical South Indian Ocean. Part I: Mixed Layer Heat and Salt Budgets
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractScale interactions in the coupled ocean and atmosphere of the tropics play a crucial role in shaping the climate state and its spatial and temporal variability. The mechanisms driving the seasonal cycles of mixed ...
ACC Meanders, Energy Transfer and Mixed Barotropic-Baroclinic Instability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: long-stream variations in the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) impact heat and tracer transport, regulate inter-basin exchange and influence closure of the overturning circulation. Topography is primarily ...
What Maintains the SST Front North of the Eastern Pacific Equatorial Cold Tongue?
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A coupled ocean?atmosphere regional model suggests a mechanism for formation of a sharp sea surface temperature (SST) front north of the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean in boreal summer and fall. Meridional convergence ...
A Regional Ocean–Atmosphere Model for Eastern Pacific Climate: Toward Reducing Tropical Biases
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The tropical Pacific Ocean is a climatically important region, home to El Niño and the Southern Oscillation. The simulation of its climate remains a challenge for global coupled ocean?atmosphere models, which suffer large ...