ISSN:
1573-868X
Keywords:
Deep convection
;
LES
;
Japan Sea (East Sea)
;
deep water formation
;
turbulence
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
Notes:
Abstract Various important features could be found on the open ocean deep convection and the subsequent deep water formation from large eddy simulation (LES), and the results were applied to the East Sea (Japan Sea). It was found that under a strong cold wind outburst with the heat flux of 1000 Wm−2 for 5 days generates a deep convection which can penetrate to the depth 1500 m, but under the continuous cooling with the heat flux of 250 Wm−2 the growth of a mixed layer is suppressed at 700 m. The effects of the spatial and temporal variations of the surface forcing were investigated with regard to the penetrative depth of convection, the generation of baroclinic eddies, the volume of the water mass formation, and the intensity of the rim current. The deep water formations in the intermediate and deep layer of the East Sea were explained in terms of the simulation results, and the intensity of the consequent circulation and the volume of water mass formation were compared with the observation data.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007889229058
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