Studies of Large-Scale Thermal Variability with a Synoptic Mixed-Layer Model.

Abstract

This work was performed to investigate a number of aspects of operational ocean forecasting including model initialization and forcing, physical parameterizations, and the importance of various processes that modify upper-ocean thermal structure. A synoptic mixed-layer model was used to perform numerical simulations in the TRANSPAC region of the Central North Pacific. The multilevel model incorporates the Mellor and Yamada (1974) Level-2 turbulence parameterization and advection by wind-drift currents. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118159

Entities

People

  • A. Warn-varnas
  • M. Clancy
  • M. Morris
  • Paige Martin
  • S. Horton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Databases
  • Geostrophic Currents
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Isotherms
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Standards
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers