A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations
A new type of ocean general circulation model with simplified physics is described and tested for various simple wind-driven circulation problems. The model consists of the vorticity balance of the depth-averaged flow and a hierarchy of equations for “vertical moments” of density and baroclinic velo...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:1166 2023-05-15T18:25:35+02:00 A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations Olbers, D. Eden, Carsten 2003 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1166/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1166/1/1520-0485%282003%29033_2719_asgcmf_2.0.co%3B2.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 en eng AMS (American Meteorological Society) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1166/1/1520-0485%282003%29033_2719_asgcmf_2.0.co%3B2.pdf Olbers, D. and Eden, C. (2003) A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations. Open Access Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33 (12). pp. 2719-2737. DOI 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 <https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485%282003%29033%3C2719%3AASGCMF%3E2.0.CO%3B2>. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 2023-04-07T14:43:29Z A new type of ocean general circulation model with simplified physics is described and tested for various simple wind-driven circulation problems. The model consists of the vorticity balance of the depth-averaged flow and a hierarchy of equations for “vertical moments” of density and baroclinic velocity. The first vertical density moment is the (vertically integrated) potential energy, which is used to describe the predominant link between the barotropic and the baroclinic oceanic flow in the presence of sloping topography. Tendency equations for the vertical moments of density and baroclinic velocity and an appropriate truncation of the coupled hierarchy of moments are derived that, together with the barotropic vorticity balance, yield a closed set of equations describing the barotropic–baroclinic interaction (BARBI) model of the oceanic circulation. Idealized companion experiments with a numerical implementation of the BARBI model and a primitive equation model indicate that wave propagation properties and baroclinic adjustments are correctly represented in BARBI in midlatitudes as well as in equatorial latitudes. Furthermore, a set of experiments with a realistic application to the Atlantic/Southern Ocean system reproduces important aspects that have been previously reported by studies of gyre circulations and circumpolar currents using full primitive equation models Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Southern Ocean |
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A new type of ocean general circulation model with simplified physics is described and tested for various simple wind-driven circulation problems. The model consists of the vorticity balance of the depth-averaged flow and a hierarchy of equations for “vertical moments” of density and baroclinic velocity. The first vertical density moment is the (vertically integrated) potential energy, which is used to describe the predominant link between the barotropic and the baroclinic oceanic flow in the presence of sloping topography. Tendency equations for the vertical moments of density and baroclinic velocity and an appropriate truncation of the coupled hierarchy of moments are derived that, together with the barotropic vorticity balance, yield a closed set of equations describing the barotropic–baroclinic interaction (BARBI) model of the oceanic circulation. Idealized companion experiments with a numerical implementation of the BARBI model and a primitive equation model indicate that wave propagation properties and baroclinic adjustments are correctly represented in BARBI in midlatitudes as well as in equatorial latitudes. Furthermore, a set of experiments with a realistic application to the Atlantic/Southern Ocean system reproduces important aspects that have been previously reported by studies of gyre circulations and circumpolar currents using full primitive equation models |
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Olbers, D. Eden, Carsten A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations |
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model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, part i: waves and wind-driven circulations |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1166/1/1520-0485%282003%29033_2719_asgcmf_2.0.co%3B2.pdf Olbers, D. and Eden, C. (2003) A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topograpgy, Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations. Open Access Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33 (12). pp. 2719-2737. DOI 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 <https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485%282003%29033%3C2719%3AASGCMF%3E2.0.CO%3B2>. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2719:ASGCMF>2.0.CO;2 |
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