North Atlantic barotropic vorticity balances in numerical models

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Other Authors: Schoonover, Joseph (author), Dewar, William (author), Wienders, Nicolas (author), Gula, Jonathan (author), McWilliams, James (author), Molemaker, M. (author), Bates, Susan (author), Danabasoglu, Gokhan (author), Yeager, Stephen (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
• Subjects: Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-022-555; https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0133.1

Numerical simulations are conducted across model platforms and resolutions with a focus on the North Atlantic. Barotropic vorticity diagnostics confirm that the subtropical gyre is characterized by an inviscid balance primarily between the applied wind stress curl and bottom pressure torque. In an a...