A comparison of Langmuir turbulence parameterizations and key wave effects in a numerical model of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

• Published in: Ocean Modelling
• Main Authors: Ali, Alfatih, Christensen, Kai Håkon, Breivik, Øyvind, Bertino, Laurent, Malila, Mika Petteri, Raj, Roshin Pappukutty, Chassignet, Eric P., Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Langmuir; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/75800; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-78854; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.02.005

Five different parameterizations of Langmuir turbulence (LT) effect are investigated in a realistic model of the North Atlantic and Arctic using realistic wave forcing from a global wave hindcast. The parameterizations mainly apply an enhancement to the turbulence velocity scale, and/or to the entra...