Analysis of a general circulation model. II - Distribution of kinetic energy in the South Atlantic and Kuroshio/Oyashio systems

• Main Authors: Garraffo, Zulema, Garzoli, Silvia L., Haxby, William, Olson, Donald
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: 48; Oyashio; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930037339

It was found (Garzoli et al., 1992) that the general circulation model of Semtner and Chervin (1992) provides accurate descriptions of the Brazil-Malvinas and the Kuroshio/Oyashio confluence systems, except for the fact that the model prediction shows less variability than that present in observatio...