Stochastic Forcing of Quasi-Geostrophic Eddies.

Abstract

The overall objective of this project was to understand to what extent the low frequency variability in the ocean is due to stochastic atmospheric forcing. Specifically, the project aimed at: (1) confirming the notion that most of the large scale barotropic quasi-geostrophic eddy field in the deep ocean away from unstable mean currents is stochastically forced by fluctuations in the atmospheric wind stress, and (2) exploring the extent to which the low frequency variability found in coupled ocean atmosphere general circulation models is stochastically forced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 20, 1996
Accession Number
ADA327549

Entities

People

  • Peter Müller

Organizations

  • University of Hawaiʻi System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Deep Oceans
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electronic Mail
  • Frequency
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Rossby Waves
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Universities
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Statistical inference.