On wind-driven mid-latitude convection in ocean general circulation models
[Abstract]: Several computational experiments were carried out with a state-of-the-art ocean general circulation model to identify the northward directed Ekman transport of Antarctic and Subantarctic origin surface water as a mechanism which forces mid-latitude convection. The results indicate that...
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ftusqland:oai:research.usq.edu.au:9xvyy 2023-05-15T13:43:56+02:00 On wind-driven mid-latitude convection in ocean general circulation models Ribbe, Joachim 1999 application/pdf https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xvyy/on-wind-driven-mid-latitude-convection-in-ocean-general-circulation-models https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ed7949a84c850953ab27363eb8b339740b80a3643c06785d38439a566308ccc/57465/Ribbe_Tellus.pdf unknown https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ed7949a84c850953ab27363eb8b339740b80a3643c06785d38439a566308ccc/57465/Ribbe_Tellus.pdf Ribbe, Joachim. 1999. "On wind-driven mid-latitude convection in ocean general circulation models." Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 51, pp. 505-516. Southern Ocean ocean modelling water mass formation convection Antarctic Circumpolar Current Subantarctic Front mixing Ekman transport article PeerReviewed 1999 ftusqland 2023-02-06T23:49:47Z [Abstract]: Several computational experiments were carried out with a state-of-the-art ocean general circulation model to identify the northward directed Ekman transport of Antarctic and Subantarctic origin surface water as a mechanism which forces mid-latitude convection. The results indicate that the wind-driven transport of water in the surface layer is most efficient at increasing the depth of convection in the southeast region of the ocean basin investigated. To the north of the latitude of maximum wind stress at about 50o S, a deepening of the convectively mixed layer of more than 300 m is simulated if the wind forcing is doubled. In the real ocean, this identified mechanism of Ekman transport of cold and fresh water across the path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current may contribute to the formation of Subantarctic Mode Water observed to the north of the Subantarctic Front of the Southern Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean University of Southern Queensland: USQ ePrints Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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[Abstract]: Several computational experiments were carried out with a state-of-the-art ocean general circulation model to identify the northward directed Ekman transport of Antarctic and Subantarctic origin surface water as a mechanism which forces mid-latitude convection. The results indicate that the wind-driven transport of water in the surface layer is most efficient at increasing the depth of convection in the southeast region of the ocean basin investigated. To the north of the latitude of maximum wind stress at about 50o S, a deepening of the convectively mixed layer of more than 300 m is simulated if the wind forcing is doubled. In the real ocean, this identified mechanism of Ekman transport of cold and fresh water across the path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current may contribute to the formation of Subantarctic Mode Water observed to the north of the Subantarctic Front of the Southern Ocean. |
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On wind-driven mid-latitude convection in ocean general circulation models |
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https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ed7949a84c850953ab27363eb8b339740b80a3643c06785d38439a566308ccc/57465/Ribbe_Tellus.pdf Ribbe, Joachim. 1999. "On wind-driven mid-latitude convection in ocean general circulation models." Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 51, pp. 505-516. |
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