Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3512606c&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 12, CiteID L12606
Physics
Geophysics
2
Oceanography: General: Equatorial Oceanography, Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean And Mixed Layer Processes, Oceanography: Physical: General Circulation (1218, 1222), Mathematical Geophysics: Spectral Analysis (3205, 3280), Mathematical Geophysics: Probabilistic Forecasting (3238)
Scientific paper
The probability distribution function (PDF) of the upper (0-50 m) tropical Pacific current speeds (w), constructed from hourly ADCP data (1990-2007) at six stations for the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project, satisfies the two-parameter Weibull distribution reasonably well with different characteristics between El Nino and La Nina events: In the western Pacific, the PDF of w has a larger peakedness during the La Nina events than during the El Nino events; and vice versa in the eastern Pacific. However, the PDF of w for the lower layer (100-200 m) does not fit the Weibull distribution so well as the upper layer. This is due to the different stochastic differential equations between upper and lower layers in the tropical Pacific. For the upper layer, the stochastic differential equations, established on the base of the Ekman dynamics, have analytical solution, i.e., the Rayleigh distribution (simplest form of the Weibull distribution), for constant eddy viscosity K. Knowledge on PDF of w during the El Nino and La Nina events will improve the ensemble horizontal flux calculation, which contributes to the climate studies.
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