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demonstrated the possibility of achieving a closer, more satisfactory comparison with the observed Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Current system with sufficient grid resolution. Subsequent studies (Eden and Boening, 2002; Maltrud and McClean, 2005) have underlined the fact that similarly well resolved m...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.9999 http://public.lanl.gov/mhecht/presentations/OS06.pdf |
| Summary: | demonstrated the possibility of achieving a closer, more satisfactory comparison with the observed Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Current system with sufficient grid resolution. Subsequent studies (Eden and Boening, 2002; Maltrud and McClean, 2005) have underlined the fact that similarly well resolved models are likely to produce less satisfactory results under different but justifiable configurations. A number of studies have been pursued in order to resolve the sensitivity of circulation and state to model configuration (Smith and Gent, 2004; Penduff et al., 2002; Bryan et al., 2006). Here we explore the sensitivity of North Atlantic circulation and state to topography and sub-gridscale parameterization. In particular we examine Gulf Stream separation and subsequent penetration of the Current into the region of the Northwest Corner, deep convection in the Labrador Sea, the depth and extent of the mixed layer in the Labrador and Irminger Seas and characteristics of the deep western boundary current. Vertically integrated PT-class transports |
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