Journal article
Energy Spectra and Vorticity Dynamics in a Two-Layer Shallow Water Ocean Model
Abstract
Abstract
The dynamically adaptive WAVETRISK-OCEAN global model is used to solve one- and two-layer shallow water ocean models of wind-driven western boundary current (WBC) turbulence. When the submesoscale is resolved, both the one-layer simulation and the barotropic mode of the two-layer simulations have an energy spectrum with a power law of −3, while the baroclinic mode has a power law of −5/3 to −2 for a Munk boundary …
Authors
Kevlahan NK-R; Poulin FJ
Journal
Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 2741–2759
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Publication Date
November 1, 2022
DOI
10.1175/jpo-d-21-0318.1
ISSN
0022-3670