Localization of deep water formation: Role of atmospheric moisture transport and geometrical constraints on ocean circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1456-1476

  Ferreira, David ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Campin, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; BLOCKED FLOW; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH POLE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; ZONAL ASYMMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; POLES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TOPOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COUPLING; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GEOMETRY; MOISTURE FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77953715095     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3197.1     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Adcroft, A., and J.-M. Campin, 2004: Re-scaled height coordinates for accurate representation of free-surface flows in ocean circulation models. Ocean Modell., 7, 269-284, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2003.09.003.
2. Adcroft, A., J. M. Campin, C. Hill, and J. Marshall, 2004: Implementation of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model on the expanded spherical cube. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2845-2863.
3. Barron, E. J., W. H. Peterson, D. Pollard, and S. Thompson, 1993: Past climate and the role of ocean heat transport: Model simulations for the Cretaceous. Paleoceanography, 8, 785-798.
4. Bryden, H., and S. Imawaki, 2001: Ocean heat transport. Ocean Circulation and Climate, G. Siedler et al., Eds., Academic Press, 455-474.
5. Campin, J.-M., J. Marshall, and D. Ferreira, 2008: Sea ice-ocean coupling using a rescaled vertical coordinate z*. Ocean Modell., 24, 1-14, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.005.
6. Czaja, A., and J. C. Marshall, 2006: The partitioning of poleward heat transport between the atmosphere and ocean. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1498-1511.
7. Emile-Geay, J., M. A. Cane, N. Naik, R. Seager, A. C. Clement, and A. van Geen, 2003: Warren revisited: Atmospheric freshwater fluxes and "Why is no deep water formed in the North Pacific". J. Geophys. Res., 108, 3178, doi:10.1029/2001JC001058.
8. Enderton, D., and J. Marshall, 2009: Explorations of atmosphere-ocean-ice climates on an aquaplanet and their meridional energy transports. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1593-1611.
9. Gent, P. R., and J. C. McWilliams, 1990: Isopycnic mixing in ocean circulation models. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 150-155.
10. Klinger, B. A., J. Marshall, and U. Send, 1996: Representation of convective plumes by vertical adjustment. J. Geophys. Res., 101 (C8), 18 175-18 182.
11. Marshall, J., A. Adcroft, C. Hill, L. Perelman, and C. Heisey, 1997a: A finite-volume, incompressible Navier-Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers. J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C3), 5753-5766.
12. Marshall, J., C. Hill, L. Perelman, and A. Adcroft, 1997b: Hydrostatic, quasi-hydrostatic, and nonhydrostatic ocean modeling. J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C3), 5733-5752.
13. Marshall, J., A. Adcroft, J. M. Campin, C. Hill, and A. White, 2004: Atmosphere-ocean modeling exploiting fluid isomorphisms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2882-2894.
14. Marshall, J., D. Ferreira, J. M. Campin, and D. Enderton, 2007: Mean climate and variability of the atmosphere and ocean on an aquaplanet. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4270-4286.
15. Molteni, F., 2003: Atmospheric simulations using a GCM with simplified physical parametrizations. I: Model climatology and variability in multi-decadal experiments. Climate Dyn., 64, 175-191, doi:10.1007/s00382-002-0268-2.
16. Redi, M. H., 1982: Oceanic isopycnal mixing by coordinate rotation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 1154-1158.
17. Rhines, P., S. Häkkinen, and S. A. Josey, 2008: Is the oceanic heat transport significant in the climate system? Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes, R. R. Dickson et al., Eds., Springer, 87-109.
18. Seager, R., D. S. Battisti, J. Yin, N. Gordon, N. Naik, A. C. Clement, and M. A. Cane, 2002: Is the Gulf Stream responsible for Europe's mild winters? Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 2563-2586.
19. Stone, P. H., 1978: Constraints on the dynamical transports of energy on a spherical planet. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 2, 123-139.
20. Toggweiler, J. R., and B. Samuels, 1995: Effect of Drake Passage on the global thermohaline circulation. Deep-Sea Res. I, 42, 477-500.
21. Toggweiler, J. R., and H. Bjornsson, 2000: Drake Passage and paleoclimate. J. Quat. Sci., 15, 319-328.
22. Trenberth, K. E., and J. M. Caron, 2001: Estimates of meridional atmosphere and ocean heat transports. J. Climate, 14, 3433-3443
23. Warren, B. A., 1983: Why is no deep water formed in the North Pacific? J. Mar. Res., 41, 327-347.
24. Wijffels, S. E., 2001: Ocean freshwater transport. Ocean Circulation and Climate, G. Siedler et al., Eds., Academic Press, 475-488
25. Wijffels, S. E., R. W. Schmitt, H. L. Bryden, and A. Stigebrandt, 1992: Transport of freshwater by the oceans. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 155-162.
26. Winton, M., 2000: A reformulated three-layer sea ice model. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 525-531.
27. Wunsch, C., 2005: The total meridional heat flux and its oceanic and atmospheric partition. J. Climate, 18, 4374-4380.
28. Zaucker, F., and W. S. Broecker, 1992: The influence of atmospheric moisture transport on the fresh water balance of the Atlantic drainage basin: General circulation model simulations and observations. J. Geophys. Res., 97 (D3), 2765-2773.