کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4552399 1627803 2011 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علم هواشناسی
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Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations
چکیده انگلیسی

A parameterization for the restratification by finite-amplitude, submesoscale, mixed layer eddies, formulated as an overturning streamfunction, has been recently proposed to approximate eddy fluxes of density and other tracers. Here, the technicalities of implementing the parameterization in the coarse-resolution ocean component of global climate models are made explicit, and the primary impacts on model solutions of implementing the parameterization are discussed. Three global ocean general circulation models including this parameterization are contrasted with control simulations lacking the parameterization. The MLE parameterization behaves as expected and fairly consistently in models differing in discretization, boundary layer mixing, resolution, and other parameterizations. The primary impact of the parameterization is a shoaling of the mixed layer, with the largest effect in polar winter regions. Secondary impacts include strengthening the Atlantic meridional overturning while reducing its variability, reducing CFC and tracer ventilation, modest changes to sea surface temperature and air–sea fluxes, and an apparent reduction of sea ice basal melting.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ocean Modelling - Volume 39, Issues 1–2, 2011, Pages 61–78
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