Thickness diffusivity in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Eden, Carsten ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; INDUCTION HEATING;

EDDY-DRIVEN ADVECTION; ROTATIONAL EDDY FLUXES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THICKNESS DIFFUSIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33746431369     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026157     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bryan, K., J. K. Dukowicz, and R. D. Smith (1999), On the mixing coefficient in the parameterization of bolus velocity, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2442-2456.
2. Döös, K., and D. J. Webb (1994), The Deacon cell and the other meridional cells of the Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24(2), 429-442.
3. Eden, C., R. J. Greatbatch, and J. Willebrand (2006), A diagnosis of thickness fluxes in an eddy-resolving model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.
4. England, M. H., and S. Rahmstorf (1998), Sensitivity of ventilation rates and radiocarbon uptake to subgrid-scale mixing in ocean models, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2802-2827.
5. Ferreira, D., J. Marshall, and P. Heimbach (2005), Estimating eddy stresses by fitting dynamics to observations using a residual-mean ocean circulation model and its adjoint, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 1891-1910.
6. Gent, P. R., and J. C. McWilliams (1990), Isopycnal mixing in ocean circulation models, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 150-155.
7. Gent, P. R., J. Willebrand, T. J. McDougall, and J. C. McWilliams (1995), Parameterizing eddy-induced tracer transports in ocean circulation models, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 463-474.
8. Karoly, D., P. C. McIntosh, P. Berrisford, T. J. McDougall, and A. C. Hirst (1997), Similarities of the Deacon cell in the Southern Ocean and Ferrel cells in the atmosphere, Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 123(538), 519-526.
9. Marshall, J., and G. Shutts (1981), A note on rotational and divergent eddy fluxes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11(12), 1677-1679.
10. Marshall, J., E. Shuckburgh, H. Jones, and C. Hill (2006), Estimates and implications of surface eddy diffusivity in the Southern Ocean derived from tracer transport, J. Phys. Oceanogr, in press.
11. Medvedev, A. S., and R. J. Greatbatch (2004), On advection and diffusion in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: The role of rotational fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D07104, doi:10.1029/2003JD003931.
12. Olbers, D., and V. O. Ivchenko (2001), On the meridional circulation and balance of momentum in the Southern Ocean of POP, Ocean Dyn., 52, 79-93.
13. Pacanowski, R. C. (1995), MOM 2 documentation, user's guide and reference manual, Tech. Rep. 3, Ocean Group, Geophys. Fluid Dyn. Lab., Princeton, N. J.
14. Phillips, H. E., and S. R. Rintoul (2000), Eddy variability and energetics from direct current measurements in the Antarktic Circumpolar Current south of Australia, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 3050-3076.
15. Rintoul, S. R., C. Hughes, and D. Olbers (2001), The Antarctic Circumpolar Current system, in Ocean Circulation and Climate, pp. 271-302, Elsevier, New York.
16. Rix, N., and J. Willebrand (1996), A note on the parameterisation of eddy-induced mixing from eddy-resolving model data, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2281-2285.