Influence of asymmetric wind stress curl on the general ocean circulation using an eddy-resolving quasi-geostrophic model

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-206

  Yasuda, Tamaki ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CURL; CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0029729057     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235669     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Barnier, B., B. L. Hua and C. Le Provost (1991): On the catalytic role of high barotropic modes on eddy-driven largescale circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 976-997.
2. Dengg, J. (1993): The problem of Gulf Stream Separation: A barotropic approach, J. Phys. . Oceanogr., 23, 2182-2200.
3. Haidvogel, D. B., J. C. McWilliams and P. R. Gent (1992): Boundary current separation in a quasi-geostrophic, eddy-resolving ocean circulation model. J Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 882-902
4. Harrison, D. E. and W. R. Holland (1981): Regional eddy vorticity transport and the equilibrium vorticiry budgets of a numerical model ocean circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 190-208.
5. Harrison, D. E. and S. Stalos (1982): On the wind-driven ocean circulation J. Mar. Res., 40, 773-791.
6. Holland, W. R. (1978) The role of mesoscale eddites in the general circulation of the ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 8, 363-392.
7. Holland, W. R. and P. B. Rhines (1980): An example of eddy-induced ocean circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 10, 1010-1031.
8. Holland, W. R. and W. J. Schmitz, Jr. (1985): Zonal penetration scale of model midlatitude jets. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 1859-1875.
9. Kutsuwada, K. and T. Teramoto (1987): Monthly maps of surface wind stress fields over the North Pacific during 1961-1984 Bull. Ocean Res. Inst. University of Tokyo, 24, 100 pp.
10. Le Provost, C. and J. Verron (1987): Wind driven midlatitude jet: Transition to barotropic instability. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 11, 175-201.
11. Lozier, M. S. and S. C. Riser (1990): Potential vorticity sources and sinks in a quasi-geostrophic ocean: beyoad western boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 1608-1927.
12. Marshall, J. (1984): Eddy-mean flow interaction in a barotropic ocean model. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 110, 573-590.
13. Nilsson, C. S. and G. R. Cresswell (1981): The formation and evolution of East Australian Current warm-core eddies Prog. Oceanogr., 9, 133-183.
14. Olson, D. B. (1991): Rings in the ocean. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 19, 283-311
15. Rhines, P. B. and R. Schopp (1992): The wind-driven circulation: Quasi-geostropoic simulations and theory for nonsymmtric winds. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 1438-1469.
16. Richardson, P. L. (1983): Gulf Stream rings. p. 19-45. In: Eddies in Marine Science, ed. by A. R. Robinson, Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
17. Schmitz, W. J., Jr and W. R. Holland (1986): Observed and modeled mesoscale variability near the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension. J. Geophys. Res., 91, 9624-9638.
18. Veronis, G. (1966): Wind driven ocean circulation: Part 2. Numerical solutions of the non-linear problem. DeepSea Res., 13, 31-55.
19. Verron, J. and C. Le Provost (1991): Response of eddy-resolved general circulation numerical models to asymmetrical wind forcing. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 15, 505-534.