Model simulations of seventeen years of mixed layer evolution at Ocean Station Papa
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Authors
Garwood, Roland W.
Adamec, David
Subjects
Ocean thermal prediction
Mixed Layer Evolution
Atmospheric forcing of the ocean
Mixed Layer Evolution
Atmospheric forcing of the ocean
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Date of Issue
1982-11
Date
1982-11
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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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 simmulate the interannual variability observed at OWS Papa.
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Technical Report
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NPS Report Number
NPS68-82-006
Sponsors
Research project "Modelling Upper Ocean Thermal Structure" supported by the Naval Research and
Development Activity, NSTL Station, MS under program element 62759N.
Funding
N6846282WR20098
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.