Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean
Wind stress is often parameterised in ocean-atmosphere coupled models by a quadratic function of atmosphere velocity. Strictly speaking, this drag law should be a quadratic function of the difference between the ocean and atmosphere velocities. The two schemes give very similar magnitudes of stress,...
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ftdatacite:10.25911/5d7a28d4e28b9 2023-05-15T14:00:47+02:00 Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean Hutchinson, David Karel 2008 https://dx.doi.org/10.25911/5d7a28d4e28b9 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/47691 en eng The Australian National University wind stress eddies Antarctic Circumpolar Current sea surface temperature temperature coupling velocity difference power input transport ocean atmosphere Other CreativeWork article Thesis (Honours) 2008 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25911/5d7a28d4e28b9 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Wind stress is often parameterised in ocean-atmosphere coupled models by a quadratic function of atmosphere velocity. Strictly speaking, this drag law should be a quadratic function of the difference between the ocean and atmosphere velocities. The two schemes give very similar magnitudes of stress, however the power input is significantly reduced under the velocity difference stress. This work is the first to model this effect in the Southern Ocean. The velocity difference stress is found to reduce power input, but paradoxically the circumpolar transport is increased. The increase in transport is a consequence of two main factors: eddy saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and eddy damping under the velocity difference stress. ¶ The wind stress parameterisation is also modified, by coupling the quadratic drag law to the temperature difference between the ocean and atmosphere. This simple representation is shown to be consistent with scatterometer observations, and the coupling constant is calibrated using known correlations between gradients of stress and sea surface temperature. Unlike the velocity difference stress, the temperature coupled stress is found to have a negligible effect on the mean flow in this model. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Wind stress is often parameterised in ocean-atmosphere coupled models by a quadratic function of atmosphere velocity. Strictly speaking, this drag law should be a quadratic function of the difference between the ocean and atmosphere velocities. The two schemes give very similar magnitudes of stress, however the power input is significantly reduced under the velocity difference stress. This work is the first to model this effect in the Southern Ocean. The velocity difference stress is found to reduce power input, but paradoxically the circumpolar transport is increased. The increase in transport is a consequence of two main factors: eddy saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and eddy damping under the velocity difference stress. ¶ The wind stress parameterisation is also modified, by coupling the quadratic drag law to the temperature difference between the ocean and atmosphere. This simple representation is shown to be consistent with scatterometer observations, and the coupling constant is calibrated using known correlations between gradients of stress and sea surface temperature. Unlike the velocity difference stress, the temperature coupled stress is found to have a negligible effect on the mean flow in this model. |
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Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean |
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Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean |
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Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean |
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Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean |
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Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean |
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wind stress parameterisation in the southern ocean |
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The Australian National University |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.25911/5d7a28d4e28b9 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/47691 |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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