Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3724401g&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 24, CiteID L24401
Physics
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Oceanography: Physical: Deep Recirculations, Oceanography: Physical: Western Boundary Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Eddies And Mesoscale Processes, Oceanography: Physical: Fronts And Jets, Global Change: Global Climate Models (3337, 4928)
Scientific paper
The importance of the Gulf Stream Extension region in climate and seasonal prediction research is being increasingly recognised. Here we use satellite-derived eddy momentum fluxes to drive a shallow water model for the North Atlantic Ocean that includes the realistic ocean bottom topography. The results show that the eddy momentum fluxes can drive significant transport, sufficient to explain the observed increase in transport of the Gulf Stream following its separation from the coast at Cape Hatteras, as well as the observed recirculation gyres. The model also captures recirculating gyres seen in the mean sea surface height field within the North Atlantic Current system east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, including a representation of the Mann Eddy.
Claus M.
Czeschel Lars
Greatbatch Richard J.
Rath Willi
Zhai Xiang
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