Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3610603k&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 10, CiteID L10603
Statistics
Computation
9
Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean And Mixed Layer Processes, Oceanography: Physical: Turbulence, Diffusion, And Mixing Processes (4490), Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions (0312, 3339), Computational Geophysics: Model Verification And Validation
Scientific paper
Representing upper ocean turbulence accurately in models remains a great challenge for improving weather and climate projections. Langmuir circulation (LC) is a turbulent process driven by wind and surface waves that plays a key role in transferring momentum, heat, and mass in the oceanic surface layer. We present a direct comparison between observations and large eddy simulations, based on the wave-averaged Navier-Stokes equation, of an LC growth event. The evolution of cross-wind velocity variance and spatial scales, as well as mixed layer deepening are only consistent with simulations if LC effects are included in the model. Our results offer a validation of the large eddy simulation approach to understanding LC dynamics, and demonstrate the importance of LC in ocean surface layer mixing.
Kukulka T.
Plueddemann A. J.
Sullivan Pamela
Trowbridge J. H.
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