On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model
The large-scale volume, heat, and freshwater ocean transports in the Southern Hemisphere are investigated using time-averaged output from a seasonless, high-resolution general circulation model. The ocean circulation is realistic, and property transports are comparable to observations. The Antarctic...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:49778 2023-05-15T13:40:51+02:00 On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model Meijers, AJ Bindoff, NL Roberts, JL 2007 https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO3012.1 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49778 en eng American Meteorological Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO3012.1 Meijers, AJ and Bindoff, NL and Roberts, JL, On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, (2) pp. 277-295. ISSN 0022-3670 (2007) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49778 Earth Sciences Oceanography Physical Oceanography Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO3012.1 2019-12-13T21:24:15Z The large-scale volume, heat, and freshwater ocean transports in the Southern Hemisphere are investigated using time-averaged output from a seasonless, high-resolution general circulation model. The ocean circulation is realistic, and property transports are comparable to observations. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) carries 144 Sv (Sv 106 m3 s-1) of water eastward across Drake Passage, increasing to 155 Sv south of Australia because of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF). There is a clear Indo-Pacific gyre around Australia exchanging -10 Sv, 0.9 PW of heat, and 0.2 Sv of freshwater through the ITF, and there is a 9-Sv leakage from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean. The transport of heat and freshwater by eddies is localized to the upper 1000 m of the water column and specific regions, such as western boundary currents, confluences, and the subantarctic front (SAF). Eddy transport of heat and freshwater is negligible in gyre interiors and south of the SAF but is vital across the northern edge of the ACC, in particular at the Agulhas Retroflection where eddies accomplish almost 100% of the net ocean heat and 60% of the southward freshwater transport. The eddy transport is almost zero across the latitude of Drake Passage while in a quasi-Lagrangian frame eddy transports are significant across the ACC but surprisingly are still smaller than the mean transport of heat. Mean and eddy property transport divergences are found to be strongly compensating in areas of high eddy activity. This is caused by increased baroclinic instability in strong mean flows, which induces an opposing eddy transport. This relationship is observed to be stronger in the case of horizontal heat transport than in corresponding horizontal freshwater transports. 2007 American Meteorological Society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Drake Passage eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic The Antarctic Drake Passage Pacific Indian Journal of Physical Oceanography 37 2 277 295 |
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The large-scale volume, heat, and freshwater ocean transports in the Southern Hemisphere are investigated using time-averaged output from a seasonless, high-resolution general circulation model. The ocean circulation is realistic, and property transports are comparable to observations. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) carries 144 Sv (Sv 106 m3 s-1) of water eastward across Drake Passage, increasing to 155 Sv south of Australia because of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF). There is a clear Indo-Pacific gyre around Australia exchanging -10 Sv, 0.9 PW of heat, and 0.2 Sv of freshwater through the ITF, and there is a 9-Sv leakage from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean. The transport of heat and freshwater by eddies is localized to the upper 1000 m of the water column and specific regions, such as western boundary currents, confluences, and the subantarctic front (SAF). Eddy transport of heat and freshwater is negligible in gyre interiors and south of the SAF but is vital across the northern edge of the ACC, in particular at the Agulhas Retroflection where eddies accomplish almost 100% of the net ocean heat and 60% of the southward freshwater transport. The eddy transport is almost zero across the latitude of Drake Passage while in a quasi-Lagrangian frame eddy transports are significant across the ACC but surprisingly are still smaller than the mean transport of heat. Mean and eddy property transport divergences are found to be strongly compensating in areas of high eddy activity. This is caused by increased baroclinic instability in strong mean flows, which induces an opposing eddy transport. This relationship is observed to be stronger in the case of horizontal heat transport than in corresponding horizontal freshwater transports. 2007 American Meteorological Society. |
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On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model |
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On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model |
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On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model |
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On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model |
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On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o Global Ocean Model |
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on the total, mean, and eddy heat and freshwater transports in the southern hemisphere of a 1/8 o x 1/8 o global ocean model |
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