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Abstract

• The Gent–McWilliams parameterization is commonly used in global ocean models to model the advective component of tracer transport effected by unresolved mesoscale eddies. The vertical structure of the transfer coefficient in this parameterization is studied using data from a 0.1° resolution global ocean-ice simulation. The vertical structure is found to be well approximated by a baroclinic mode structure with no flow at the bottom, though horizontal anisotropy is crucial for obtaining a good fit. This vertical structure is motivated by reference to the vertical structure of mesoscale eddy velocity and density anomalies, which are also diagnosed from the data.

Creator

• Bachman, SD
• Stanley, Z
• Grooms, I

Date Issued

• 2020-08-27

Academic Affiliation

• Applied Mathematics

Journal Title

• Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Journal Issue/Number

• 10

Journal Volume

• 12

Last Modified

• 2022-05-19

Resource Type

• Article

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002151

ISSN

• 1942-2466

Language

• English [eng]

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

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