Characteristics of three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic transient eddy propagation in the vicinity of a simulated Gulf Stream

Output of an eddy-resolving model of the North Atlantic is diagnosed in the vicinity of the Gulf Stream (GS), using the three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic transient wave activity flux diagnostic developed by Plumb [1986]. The model North Atlantic shows large transient wave activity along the model...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nakamura, M., Chao, Y.
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
boundary current crossover nonzonal ocean currents North-Atlantic three-dimensional propagation wave radiation
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North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2014/13710
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Summary:Output of an eddy-resolving model of the North Atlantic is diagnosed in the vicinity of the Gulf Stream (GS), using the three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic transient wave activity flux diagnostic developed by Plumb [1986]. The model North Atlantic shows large transient wave activity along the model GS and along the edge of the Mediterranean Outflow. The fluxes show advection of wave activity by the GS from the separation point and radiation of wave activity from the GS in the top 1000 m.

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