Model simulations of seventeen years of mixed layer evolution at Ocean Station Papa
modelsimulations00garw.pdf (2.089Mb)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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