Simulation of thermohaline circulation with a twenty-layer oceanic general circulation model

1996 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 65-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. -H. Zhang ◽  
K. -M. Chen ◽  
X. -Z. Jin ◽  
W. -Y. Lin ◽  
Y. -Q. Yu
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Thermohaline Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Oceanic General Circulation Model

Modeling a 200-Yr Interruption of the Holocene Sapropel S1

2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Myers ◽  
Eelco J. Rohling
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Deep Convection ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Intermediate Water ◽  
Gulf Of Lions ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Circulation Mode ◽  
Oceanic General Circulation Model ◽  
Water Formation

AbstractAn oceanic general circulation model, previously used to simulate the conditions associated with the Holocene Sapropel S1, is used to simulate the effects of a climate deterioration (represented as a cooling event) on the sapropelic circulation mode. The enhanced cooling (2°–3°C) induces deep convection in the Adriatic and the Gulf of Lions and intermediate water formation in the Aegean, where in all cases there had previously been only stagnant unventilated waters. The depths of ventilation (to ∼1250 m) are in agreement with core data from this period. The short decadal timescales involved in modifying the sapropelic circulation suggest that such a climatic deterioration may be associated with the interruption of S1 between 7100 and 6900 14C yr B.P., which divided the sapropel into two subunits.

scholarly journals Importance of the Vertical Resolution in Simulating SST Diurnal and Intraseasonal Variability in an Oceanic General Circulation Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 3963-3978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuyang Ge ◽  
Wanqiu Wang ◽  
Arun Kumar ◽  
Ying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Vertical Temperature Gradient ◽  
Vertical Temperature ◽  
Sst Variability ◽  
Oceanic General Circulation Model ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

Abstract In this paper, the influence of high vertical resolution near the surface in an oceanic general circulation model in simulating the observed sea surface temperature (SST) variability is investigated. In situ observations of vertical temperature profiles are first used to quantify temperature variability with depth near the ocean surface. The analysis shows that there is a sharp vertical temperature gradient within the top 10 m of the ocean. Both diurnal and intraseasonal variabilities of the ocean temperatures are largest near the surface and decrease with the ocean depth. Numerical experiments with an oceanic general circulation model are next carried out with 1- and 10-m vertical resolutions for the upper ocean to study the dependence of the simulated SST and vertical temperature structure on the vertical resolution. It is found that the simulated diurnal and intraseasonal variabilities, as well as the associated vertical temperature gradient near the surface, are strongly influenced by the oceanic vertical resolution, with the 1-m vertical resolution producing a stronger vertical temperature gradient and temporal variability than the 10-m vertical resolution. These results suggest that a realistic representation of SST variability with a high vertical resolution in the upper ocean is required for a coupled atmosphere–ocean model to correctly simulate the observed tropical intraseasonal oscillations, including the Madden–Julian oscillation and the boreal summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillation, which are strongly linked with the underlying SST.

An eddy-permitting oceanic general circulation model and its preliminary evaluation

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Hailong ◽  
Zhang Xuehong ◽  
Li Wei ◽  
Yu Yongqiang ◽  
Yu Rucong
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Oceanic General Circulation Model
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