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contributor authorFerrari, Raffaele
contributor authorMcWilliams, James C.
contributor authorCanuto, Vittorio M.
contributor authorDubovikov, Mikhail
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:19:09Z
date available2017-06-09T16:19:09Z
date copyright2008/06/01
date issued2008
identifier issn0894-8755
identifier otherams-65658.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4206907
description abstractIn the stably stratified interior of the ocean, mesoscale eddies transport materials by quasi-adiabatic isopycnal stirring. Resolving or parameterizing these effects is important for modeling the oceanic general circulation and climate. Near the bottom and near the surface, however, microscale boundary layer turbulence overcomes the adiabatic, isopycnal constraints for the mesoscale transport. In this paper a formalism is presented for representing this transition from adiabatic, isopycnally oriented mesoscale fluxes in the interior to the diabatic, along-boundary mesoscale fluxes near the boundaries. A simple parameterization form is proposed that illustrates its consequences in an idealized flow. The transition is not confined to the turbulent boundary layers, but extends into the partially diabatic transition layers on their interiorward edge. A transition layer occurs because of the mesoscale variability in the boundary layer and the associated mesoscale?microscale dynamical coupling.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleParameterization of Eddy Fluxes near Oceanic Boundaries
typeJournal Paper
journal volume21
journal issue12
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/2007JCLI1510.1
journal fristpage2770
journal lastpage2789
treeJournal of Climate:;2008:;volume( 021 ):;issue: 012
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