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contributor authorMarshall, John
contributor authorJones, Helen
contributor authorKarsten, Richard
contributor authorWardle, Richard
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:54:59Z
date available2017-06-09T14:54:59Z
date copyright2002/01/01
date issued2002
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-29599.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4166843
description abstractA simple theory is presented for the buoyancy anomaly and depth of penetration of a warm lens created by a surface buoyancy flux and Ekman pumping in an initially homogeneous, rotating fluid. It is assumed that the overturning of isopycnals induced by pumping and differential heating balances the counteroverturning tendency of baroclinic instability. Baroclinic eddies not only develop on the stratified lens, but also play a fundamental role in setting its stratification. The theory is successfully tested against numerical and laboratory experiments in which the mechanically induced deepening of a buoyant lens is arrested by its baroclinic instability. Finally the possibility is discussed that the eddy transfer process studied here might play a role in setting the stratification and depth of the main thermocline in the ocean.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleCan Eddies Set Ocean Stratification?
typeJournal Paper
journal volume32
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0026:CESOS>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage26
journal lastpage38
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;2002:;Volume( 032 ):;issue: 001
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