An Equivalent-Barotropic Mode in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model

Peter D. Killworth Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom

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Abstract

Both the 6-year time-mean flow and the eddy kinetic energy in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model are found to be approximately self-similar in the vertical, with the velocity showing a rapid decay with depth. A simple argument is given as to why this would be expected to occur in this and other numerical models, and an analysis is given as to the degree of steering of the mean flow by topography.

Abstract

Both the 6-year time-mean flow and the eddy kinetic energy in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model are found to be approximately self-similar in the vertical, with the velocity showing a rapid decay with depth. A simple argument is given as to why this would be expected to occur in this and other numerical models, and an analysis is given as to the degree of steering of the mean flow by topography.

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