Comparison of near-surface mean and eddy flows from two numerical models of the South Atlantic ocean

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Penduff, Thierry, Barnier, Bernard, Béranger, Karine, Verron, Jacques
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2001
• Subjects: [PHYS.MECA.MEFL]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; [SPI.MECA.MEFL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Scotia Sea; Falkland Plateau; Zapiola; Antarc*; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00182325; https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JC000519

The near‐surface mean and eddy flows simulated by two eddy‐permitting models of the South Atlantic (S‐coordinate Primitive Equation Model (SPEM) and Ocean Parallel (OPA) model) are compared. These models are intrinsically different by virtue of their vertical discretizations (σ versus geopotential c...