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Regional eddy vorticity transport and the equilibrium vorticity budgets of a numerical model ocean circulationA mean vorticity budget analysis is presented of Holland's (1978) numerical ocean general circulation experiment. The stable budgets are compared with classical circulation theory to emphasize the ways in which the mesoscale motions of the model alter (or leave unaltered) classical vorticity balances. The basinwide meridional transports of vorticity by the mean flow and by the mesoscale flow in the mean are evaluated to establish the role(s) of the mesoscale in the larger scale equilibrium vorticity transports. The vorticity equation for this model fluid system is presented and the budget analysis method is described. Vorticity budgets over the selected regions and on a larger scale are given, and a summary of budget results is provided along with remarks about the utility of this type of analysis.
Document ID
19810047442
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Harrison, D. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Science, Greenbelt, Md.; MIT, Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Holland, W. R.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colo., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Physical Oceanography
Volume: 11
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
81A31846
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF OCE-79-21815
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF OCE-78-25658
CONTRACT_GRANT: N0014-80-C-0273
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-22-009-900
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Public
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