Model Simulations of Seventeen Years of Mixed Layer Evolution at Ocean Station Papa.

Abstract

The bulk second order closure method of Garwood (1977) is used to predict the well-mixed layer depth and temperature evolution at Ocean Station Papa for the years 1953-1969. The time dependent boundary conditions are the specification of the surface buoyancy flux and wind stress derived from the 3-hourly atmospheric observations. Much of the variance of the well-mixed layer depth and temperature evolution is obviously associated with the annual cycle. However, a closer inspection of the results reveals a variability related to the synoptic response of the sea-surface temperature and mixed layer depth to both strong and light wind events. The simulations are not intended to be a best fit, but rather a demonstration of the capability of a one-dimensional model to simulate the interannual variability observed at OWS Papa. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA123732

Entities

People

  • David Adamec
  • Roland W. Garwood

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cloud Cover
  • Dew Point
  • Geography
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Regression Analysis.