Modeling the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Comparison of FRAM and Equivalent Barotropic Model Results

Analyzing the FRAM simulations, Kinworth (1992) noticed a strong tendency for self-similarity in the vertical structure of the velocity field of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). By assuming the self-similarity as a hypothesis, Krupitsky et al. (1996) developed an equivalent barotropic (EB) m...

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Published in:Journal of Marine Research
Main Authors: Ivchenko, V.O., Krupitsky, A.E., Kamenkovich, Vladimir M., Wells, N.C.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: The Aquila Digital Community 1999
Subjects:
Life Sciences
Marine Biology
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/4554
https://doi.org/10.1357/002224099765038553
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Summary:Analyzing the FRAM simulations, Kinworth (1992) noticed a strong tendency for self-similarity in the vertical structure of the velocity field of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). By assuming the self-similarity as a hypothesis, Krupitsky et al. (1996) developed an equivalent barotropic (EB) model of the ACC capable of describing the horizontal structure of the ACC. Compared to the multi-level-primitive-equation GCM, the EB model appeared substantially simpler and therefore useful in pilot process-oriented and sensitivity studies. In the present study dynamical and kinematical comparisons of the EB and FRAM outputs are given.

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