Role of Surface Gravity Waves in Aquaplanet Ocean Climates

• Main Authors: Studholme, Joshua, Markina, Margarita, Gulev, Sergey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2021
• Subjects: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics physics.ao-ph; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP; Fluid Dynamics physics.flu-dyn; Geophysics physics.geo-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Langmuir; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2106.05032; https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05032

We present a set of idealised numerical experiments of a solstitial aquaplanet ocean and examine the thermodynamic and dynamic implications of surface gravity waves (SGWs) upon its mean state. The aquaplanet's oceanic circulation is dominated by an equatorial zonal jet and four Ekman driven mer...