The role of vorticity fluxes in the dynamics of the Zapiola Anticyclone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Volkov, Denis L ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOTTOM FRICTION; GYRE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 58949103081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004841     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Adcroft, A. J., J.-M. Campin, C. N. Hill, and J. Marshall (2004), Implementation of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model on the expanded spherical cube, Mon. Weather Rev., 132, 2845.
2. Bigorre, S. (2005), Topographic effects on wind driven oceanic circulation, Ph.D. thesis, Florida State University, p. 100.
3. Carrère, L., and F. Lyard (2003), Modelling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing - comparisons with observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(6), 1275, doi:10.1029/2002GL016473.
4. Cunningham, S. A., S. G. Alderson, B. A. King, and M. A. Brandon (2003), Transport and variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C5), 8084, doi:10.1029 /2001JC001147.
5. de Miranda, A. P., B. Barnier, and W. K. Dewar (1999), On the dynamics of the Zapiola Anticyclone, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 21,137-21,149.
6. Dewar, W. K. (1998), Topography and barotropic transport control by bottom friction, J. Mar. Res., 56, 295-328.
7. Ducet, N., P. Y. Le Traon, and G. Reverdin (2000), Global high resolution mapping of ocean circulation from the combination of TOPEX/ POSEIDON and ERS-1/2, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19,477-19,498.
8. Fu, L.-L. (2003), Wind-forced intraseasonal sea level variability of the extratropical Oceans, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 436-449.
9. Fu, L.-L. (2006), Pathways of eddies in the South Atlantic Ocean revealed from satellite altimeter observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14610, doi:10.1029/2006GL026245.
10. Fu, L.-L., B. Cheng, and B. Qiu (2001), 25-day period large-scale oscillations in the Argentine Basin revealed by the TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 506-517.
11. Leith, C. E. (1973), The standard error of time-average estimates of climatic means, J. Appl. Meteor., 12, 1066-1069.
12. Le Traon, P.-Y., F. Nadal, and N. Ducet (1998), An improved mapping method of multisatellite altimeter data, J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 15, 522-534.
13. Marshall, J., A. Adcroft, C. Hill, L. Perelman, and C. Heisey (1997), A finite volume, incompressible Navier-Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 5753-5766.
14. Menemenlis, D., et al. (2005a), NASA supercomputer improves prospects for ocean climate research, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(9), 89, doi:10.1029/2005E0090002.
15. Menemenlis, D., I. Fukumori, and T. Lee (2005b), Using Green's functions to calibrate an ocean general circulation model, Mon. Weather Rev., 133, 1224-1240.
16. Olson, D. B., G. P. Podesta, R. H. Evans, and O. B. Brown (1988), Temporal variations in the separation of Brazil and Malvinas currents, Deep Sea Res., 35(12), 1971-1990.
17. Peterson, R. G. (1992), The boundary currents in the western Argentine Basin, Deep Sea Res., 39, 623-644.
18. Peterson, R. G., and L. Stramma (1991), Upper-level circulation in the South Atlantic Ocean, Prog. Oceanogr., 26, 1-73.
19. Piola, A. R., H. A. Figueroa, and A. A. Bianchi (1987), Some aspects of the surface circulation south of 20°S revealed by First GARP Global Experiment Drifters, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 5101-5114.
20. Saunders, P. M., and B. A. King (1995), Bottom currents derived from a shipborne ADCP on the WOCE Cruise A11 in the South Atlantic, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 329-347.
21. SSALTO/DUACS User Handbook (2006), MSLA and MADT Near-Real Time and Delayed Products, C.L.S., Ramonville St.-Agne, France.
22. Stammer, D. (1997), Global characteristics of ocean variability estimated from regional TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter measurements, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1743-1769.
23. Weatherly, G. L. (1993), On deep-current and hydrographic observations from a mudwave region and elsewhere in the Argentine Basin, Deep Sea Res., Part II, 40, 851-858.
24. Whitworth, T., III, and R. G. Peterson (1985), Volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from bottom pressure measurements, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 15(6), 810-816.