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| Barnier, B; Madec, G; Penduff, T; Molines, J; Treguier, Anne-marie; Le Sommer, J; Beckmann, A; Biastoch, A; Boning, C; Dengg, J; Derval, C; Durand, E; Gulev, S; Remy, E; Talandier, Claude; Theetten, Sebastien; Maltrud, M; Mcclean, J; De Cuevas, B. |
| Series of sensitivity tests were performed with a z-coordinate, global eddy-permitting (1/4 degrees) ocean/sea-ice model (the ORCA-R025 model configuration developed for the DRAKKAR project) to carefully evaluate the impact of recent state-of-the-art numerical schemes on model solutions. The combination of an energy-enstrophy conserving (EEN) scheme for momentum advection with a partial step (PS) representation of the bottom topography yields significant improvements in the mean circulation. Well known biases in the representation of western boundary currents, such as in the Atlantic the detachment of the Gulf Stream, the path of the North Atlantic Current, the location of the Confluence, and the strength of the Zapiola Eddy in the south Atlantic, are... |
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Palavras-chave: Eddy/topography interactions; Partial step topography; Momentum advection scheme; Eddy permitting ocean model; Global ocean. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3514.pdf |
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| Penduff, T; Le Sommer, J; Barnier, B; Treguier, Anne-marie; Molines, J; Madec, G. |
| The combined use of partial steps and of an energy-enstrophy conserving momentum advection scheme was shown by Barnier et al. (2006) to yield substantial improvements in the surface solution of the DRAKKAR 4 global sea-ice/ocean model. The present study extends this investigation below the surface with a special focus on the Atlantic and reveals many improvements there as well: e.g. more realistic path, structure and transports of major currents (Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Current, Confluence region, Zapiola anticyclone), behavior of shedded rings, narrower subsurface boundary currents, stronger mean and eddy flows (MKE and EKE) at depth, beneficial enhancement of cyclonic (anticyclonic) flows around topographic depressions (mountains). Interestingly,... |
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| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3712.pdf |
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| Treguier, Anne-marie; England, M; Rintoul, S; Madec, G; Le Sommer, J; Molines, J. |
| An eddying global model is used to study the characteristics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in a streamline-following framework. Previous model-based estimates of the meridional circulation were calculated using zonal averages: this method leads to a counter-intuitive pole-ward circulation of the less dense waters, and underestimates the eddy effects. We show that on the contrary, the upper ocean circulation across streamlines agrees with the theoretical view: an equatorward mean flow partially cancelled by a poleward eddy mass flux. Two model simulations, in which the buoyancy forcing above the ACC changes from positive to negative, suggest that the relationship between the residual meridional circulation and the surface buoyancy flux is not... |
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| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3713.pdf |
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| Treguier, Anne-marie; Barnier, B; De Miranda, A; Molines, J; Grima, N; Imbard, M; Madec, Gerard; Messager, Christophe; Reynaud, Thierry; Michel, Sylvain. |
| As part of the French CLIPPER project, an eddy permitting model of the Atlantic circulation has been run for 22 years. The domain has open boundaries at Drake passage and at 30 degreesE, from Africa to Antarctica. The simulated mean circulation, as well as the eddy activity, is satisfactory for a 1/3 degrees model resolution, and the meridional heat transport at 30 degreesS is within the range estimated from observations. We use the "mixed" open boundary algorithm of Barnier et al. [1998], which has both a radiation condition and a relaxation to climatology. The climatological boundary forcing strongly constrains the solution in the whole domain. The model heat balance adjusts through the surface (heat flux retroaction term) more than the open boundaries.... |
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Palavras-chave: General circulation; Numerical modeling; Oceanography. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-454.pdf |
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