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Eddy Transport of Thickness and Momentum in Layer and Level Models

Greg Holloway Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada

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01 Jun 1997
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1153:ETOTAM>2.0.CO;2
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1153–1157
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Abstract

The relation between thickness diffusion in layer and level models is set out. Parameterizations of thickness diffusion are related to a parameterization of eddy effects on momentum. The author anticipates where these parameterizations for thickness and momenta are likely to fail and how the anticipated failures may be overcome.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 6000, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada.

Abstract

The relation between thickness diffusion in layer and level models is set out. Parameterizations of thickness diffusion are related to a parameterization of eddy effects on momentum. The author anticipates where these parameterizations for thickness and momenta are likely to fail and how the anticipated failures may be overcome.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 6000, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada.

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