Physics
Scientific paper
May 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3309604d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 9, CiteID L09604
Physics
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Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560), Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions (0312, 3339), Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean And Mixed Layer Processes
Scientific paper
The effect of ocean surface currents on bulk algorithm calculations of wind stress and heat flux in a 1/5° resolution model of the North Pacific is investigated. Two year-long model runs are performed, one with wind speed modified by ocean surface velocities and one without. Basin averaged heat flux and wind stress differences between the models were only 1-2%, but localized flux reductions of ~10% were found in the tropics and in the Kuroshio current system. Basin average power input by the wind to the general circulation was reduced by 27% when the effect of surface currents was included. Tropical surface currents were reduced by 10%, tropical surface temperature warmed by 0.1°C, and equatorial upwelling was reduced by 15% due to the changed velocity field.
Dawe Jordan T.
Thompson LuAnne
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