Ocean modeling in an eddying regime

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    • Hecht, Matthew W.
    • Hasumi, Hiroyasu
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Ocean modeling in an eddying regime

Matthew W. Hecht, Hiroyasu Hasumi, editors

(Geophysical monograph, 177)

American Geophysical Union, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 177. This monograph is the first to survey progress in realistic simulation in a strongly eddying regime made possible by recent increases in computational capability. Its contributors comprise the leading researchers in this important and constantly evolving field. Divided into three parts Oceanographic Processes and Regimes: Fundamental Questions Ocean Dynamics and State: From Regional to Global Scale, and Modeling at the Mesoscale: State of the Art and Future Directions The volume details important advances in physical oceanography based on eddy resolving ocean modeling. It captures the state of the art and discusses issues that ocean modelers must consider in order to effectively contribute to advancing current knowledge, from subtleties of the underlying fluid dynamical equations to meaningful comparison with oceanographic observations and leading-edge model development. It summarizes many of the important results which have emerged from ocean modeling in an eddying regime, for those interested broadly in the physical science. More technical topics are intended to address the concerns of those actively working in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface Matthew W. Hecht and Hiroyasu Hasumi i Introduction: Ocean Modeling-Eddy or Not Frank O. Bryan 1 Section 1: Oceanographic Processes and Regimes Fundamental Question The Nature and Consequences of Oceanic Eddies James C. McWilliams 5 Submesoscale Processes and Dynamics Leif N. Thomas, Amit Tandon, and Amala Mahadevan 17 Gulf Stream Separation in Numerical Ocean Models Eric P. Chassignet and David P. Marshall 39 Eddy-Resolving Modeling of Overflows S. Legg, L. Jackson, and R. W. Hallberg 63 High-Frequency Winds and Eddy-Resolving Models Patrice Klein 83 Resolution Dependence of Eddy Fluxes Yukio Tanaka and Hiroyasu Hasumi 101 Eddies and Upper-Ocean Nutrient Supply A. Oschlies 115 Eddies in Eastern Boundary Subtropical Upwelling Systems X. Capet, F. Colas, J. C. McWilliams, P. Penven, and P. Marchesiello 131 Section 2: Ocean Dynamics and State From Region to Global Scale The Fidelity of Ocean Models With Explicit Eddies Julie McClean, Steven Jayne, Mathew Maltrud, and Detelina Ivanova 149 Common Success and Failure in Simulating the Pacific Surface Currents Shared by Four High-Resolution Ocean Models Tatsuo Suzuki, Hideharu Sasaki, Norikazu Nakashiki, and Hideyuki Nakano 165 Eddies in Numerical Models of the Southern Ocean V. O. Ivchenko, S. Danilov and D. Olbers 177 High-Resolution Indian Ocean Simulations - Recent Advances and Issues From OFES Yukio Masumoto, Yushi Morioka, and Hideharu Sasaki 199 Towards a Physical Understanding of the North Atlantic: A Review of Model Studies in an Eddying Regime Matthew W. Hecht and Richard D. Smith 213 Towards Eddy-Resolving Models of the Arctic Ocean Wieslaw Maslowski, Jaclyn L. Clement Kinney, Douglas C. Marble, and Jaromir Jakacki 241 Pacific Upper Ocean Response to Global Warming-Climate Modeling in an Eddying Ocean Regime Takashi T. Sakamoto and Hiroyasu Hasumi 265 Section 3: Modeling at the Mesoscale State of the Art and Future Directions Formulating the Equations of Ocean Models Stephen M. Griffies and Alistair J. Adcroft 281 Can Large Eddy Simulation Techniques Improve Mesoscale Rich Ocean Models? B. Fox-Kemper and D. Menemenlis 319 Lateral Mixing in the Eddying Regime and a New Broad-Ranging Formulation Matthew W. Hecht, Mark R. Petersen, Beth A. Wingate, Elizabeth Hunke, and Mathew Maltrud 339 Eddy-Resolving Global Ocean Prediction Harley E. Hurlburt, Eric P. Chassignet, James A. Cummings, A. Birol Kara, E. Joseph Metzger, Jay F. Shriver, Ole Martin Smedstad, Alan J. Wallcraft, and Charlie N. Barron 353 Unstructured Adaptive Meshes for Ocean Modeling Matthew D. Piggott, Christopher C. Pain, Gerard J. Gorman, David P. Marshall, and Peter D. Killworth 383

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