Barotropic vorticity balance of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre in an eddy-resolving model

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: M. Le Corre, J. Gula, A.-M. Tréguier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-451-2020; https://doaj.org/article/308449237dc34df18e0d593a2a25f3b2

The circulation in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre is complex and strongly influenced by the topography. The gyre dynamics are traditionally understood as the result of a topographic Sverdrup balance, which corresponds to a first-order balance between the planetary vorticity advection, the bottom p...