Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres
A simple Sverdrup-type two-layer model that allows the outcropping of isopycnals is forced by wind stress, is completed with a frictional western boundary layer, and is investigated along the zero wind-stress curl line separating the subpolar gyre from the subtropical gyre. The study focuses on the...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:30372 2023-05-15T17:34:08+02:00 Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres Schopp, Richard 1993-08 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/29047.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1754:MFFCGF>2.0.CO;2 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/ eng eng American Meteorological Society https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/29047.pdf doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1754:MFFCGF>2.0.CO;2 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/ 1993 American Meteorology Society info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Journal of Physical Oceanography (0022-3670) (American Meteorological Society), 1993-08 , Vol. 23 , N. 8 , P. 1754-1766 text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1993 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1754:MFFCGF>2.0.CO;2 2021-09-23T20:24:29Z A simple Sverdrup-type two-layer model that allows the outcropping of isopycnals is forced by wind stress, is completed with a frictional western boundary layer, and is investigated along the zero wind-stress curl line separating the subpolar gyre from the subtropical gyre. The study focuses on the different cross-gyre flow patterns. Intermediate length-scale dynamics, which is able to take the dispersion of Rossby waves and the steepening of isopycnals into account, is used to analyze the evolution of these cross-gyre currents. In particular, these transients show that the solution, which exhibits an arrested Rossby wave, is unstable in the western part of the basin. Nevertheless, this solution is able to evolve to other more stable solutions present in the dynamics: one in which there is an exchange of water masses between gyres and another one in which both gyres are independent. The first one has a deep (upper) slow northward (southward) flow in midoceanic regions and a strong western deep (upper) southward (northward) boundary current. This current system could well help to account for some of the transport in the western boundary undercurrent observed in the North Atlantic Ocean, and therefore the theory presented could indicate that the undercurrent and cross-gyre flow might have wind-driven components. The second stable solution, in which exchange is not allowed, would be rather representative of the North Pacific Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Curl ENVELOPE(-63.071,-63.071,-70.797,-70.797) Pacific |
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A simple Sverdrup-type two-layer model that allows the outcropping of isopycnals is forced by wind stress, is completed with a frictional western boundary layer, and is investigated along the zero wind-stress curl line separating the subpolar gyre from the subtropical gyre. The study focuses on the different cross-gyre flow patterns. Intermediate length-scale dynamics, which is able to take the dispersion of Rossby waves and the steepening of isopycnals into account, is used to analyze the evolution of these cross-gyre currents. In particular, these transients show that the solution, which exhibits an arrested Rossby wave, is unstable in the western part of the basin. Nevertheless, this solution is able to evolve to other more stable solutions present in the dynamics: one in which there is an exchange of water masses between gyres and another one in which both gyres are independent. The first one has a deep (upper) slow northward (southward) flow in midoceanic regions and a strong western deep (upper) southward (northward) boundary current. This current system could well help to account for some of the transport in the western boundary undercurrent observed in the North Atlantic Ocean, and therefore the theory presented could indicate that the undercurrent and cross-gyre flow might have wind-driven components. The second stable solution, in which exchange is not allowed, would be rather representative of the North Pacific Ocean. |
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Schopp, Richard Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
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Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
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Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
title_full |
Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
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Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
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Multiple Equilibria for Cross-Gyre Flow between Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres |
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multiple equilibria for cross-gyre flow between subpolar and subtropical gyres |
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American Meteorological Society |
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1993 |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/29047.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1754:MFFCGF>2.0.CO;2 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/ |
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Journal of Physical Oceanography (0022-3670) (American Meteorological Society), 1993-08 , Vol. 23 , N. 8 , P. 1754-1766 |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/29047.pdf doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1754:MFFCGF>2.0.CO;2 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30372/ |
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