The effect on simulated ocean climate of a parameterization of unbroken wave-induced mixing incorporated into the k-epsilon mixing scheme

Abstract A new parameterization of mixing processes in the upper ocean is tested in a ¼° resolution global ocean climate model. The parameterization represents the effect of turbulent mixing by unbroken waves as an additional turbulent shear production term in the k‐epsilon mixing scheme. The result...

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Published in:Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Main Authors: Walsh, K, Govekar, P, Babanin, AV, Ghantous, M, Spence, P, Scoccimarro, E
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2017
Subjects:
Southern Ocean
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11343/208930
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Summary:Abstract A new parameterization of mixing processes in the upper ocean is tested in a ¼° resolution global ocean climate model. The parameterization represents the effect of turbulent mixing by unbroken waves as an additional turbulent shear production term in the k‐epsilon mixing scheme. The results show that the inclusion of this parameterization has a noticeable effect on ocean climate, particularly in regions of high wave activity such as the Southern Ocean. Inclusion of this process also leads to some reduction in the biases of the simulated climate, including mixed layer depth, compared with available observations.

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