Role of Surface Gravity Waves in Aquaplanet Ocean Climates

• Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
• Main Authors: Joshua H. P. Studholme, Margarita Y. Markina, Sergey K. Gulev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021
• Subjects: Physical geography; GB3-5030; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Southern Ocean; Langmuir
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002202; https://doaj.org/article/13cc4d63fa5748ad80a45160da1875bd

Abstract We present a set of idealized 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 d...