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    Boundary Mixing and the Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Thermohaline Circulations

    Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1997:;Volume( 027 ):;issue: 008::page 1713
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    Marotzke, Jochem
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1713:BMATDO>2.0.CO;2
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: Boundary mixing is implemented in an ocean general circulation model such that the vertical mixing coefficient k? is nonzero only near side boundaries and in convection regions. The model is used in a highly idealized configuration with no wind forcing and very nearly fixed surface density to investigate the three-dimensional dynamics of the thermohaline circulation. For k? = 20 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 and lower, the meridional overturning strength to great accuracy is proportional to k2/3?; meridional heat transport is proportional to k1/2?. The circulation patterns resemble those from runs with uniform vertical mixing, but vertical motion is entirely confined to the boundary regions. Near the western boundary, there is upwelling everywhere. Near the eastern boundary, there is a consistent pattern of downwelling above upwelling, with downwelling reaching deeper at high latitudes; this pattern is explained by convection and vertical advective?diffusive balance underneath. For k? = 30 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 and higher, no steady solutions have been found; the meridional overturning oscillates on a timescale of about 25 years. A time-averaged thermally direct overturning cell is not supported dynamically because convection extends longitudinally across the entire basin, and upwelling near the western boundary does not lead to densities higher than at the eastern boundary. Assuming uniform upwelling in the west, level isopycnals near the equator, and level isopycnals along the eastern boundary south of the outcropping latitude permits the analytic determination of convection depth at the eastern wall and hence the density difference between the eastern and western walls. This difference is at most one-quarter the surface density difference between high and low latitudes, and agrees in magnitude and latitudinal dependence with the numerical experiments. Scaling arguments estimate overturning strength as of the order of 10 ? 106 m3 s?1 and confirm the 2/3 power dependence on k?. The derivation also gives a dependence of overturning strength with latitude that agrees qualitatively with the numerical results. The scaling for the dependence of meridional heat transport on latitude agrees well with the model results; scaling for heat transport amplitude agrees less well but correctly predicts a weaker dependence on k? than maximum overturning.
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    contributor authorMarotzke, Jochem
    date accessioned2017-06-09T14:52:40Z
    date available2017-06-09T14:52:40Z
    date copyright1997/08/01
    date issued1997
    identifier issn0022-3670
    identifier otherams-28749.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4165899
    description abstractBoundary mixing is implemented in an ocean general circulation model such that the vertical mixing coefficient k? is nonzero only near side boundaries and in convection regions. The model is used in a highly idealized configuration with no wind forcing and very nearly fixed surface density to investigate the three-dimensional dynamics of the thermohaline circulation. For k? = 20 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 and lower, the meridional overturning strength to great accuracy is proportional to k2/3?; meridional heat transport is proportional to k1/2?. The circulation patterns resemble those from runs with uniform vertical mixing, but vertical motion is entirely confined to the boundary regions. Near the western boundary, there is upwelling everywhere. Near the eastern boundary, there is a consistent pattern of downwelling above upwelling, with downwelling reaching deeper at high latitudes; this pattern is explained by convection and vertical advective?diffusive balance underneath. For k? = 30 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 and higher, no steady solutions have been found; the meridional overturning oscillates on a timescale of about 25 years. A time-averaged thermally direct overturning cell is not supported dynamically because convection extends longitudinally across the entire basin, and upwelling near the western boundary does not lead to densities higher than at the eastern boundary. Assuming uniform upwelling in the west, level isopycnals near the equator, and level isopycnals along the eastern boundary south of the outcropping latitude permits the analytic determination of convection depth at the eastern wall and hence the density difference between the eastern and western walls. This difference is at most one-quarter the surface density difference between high and low latitudes, and agrees in magnitude and latitudinal dependence with the numerical experiments. Scaling arguments estimate overturning strength as of the order of 10 ? 106 m3 s?1 and confirm the 2/3 power dependence on k?. The derivation also gives a dependence of overturning strength with latitude that agrees qualitatively with the numerical results. The scaling for the dependence of meridional heat transport on latitude agrees well with the model results; scaling for heat transport amplitude agrees less well but correctly predicts a weaker dependence on k? than maximum overturning.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleBoundary Mixing and the Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Thermohaline Circulations
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume27
    journal issue8
    journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
    identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1713:BMATDO>2.0.CO;2
    journal fristpage1713
    journal lastpage1728
    treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1997:;Volume( 027 ):;issue: 008
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