Observations indicated that in the region of the Subtropical Countercurrent(STCC) over the Pacific (140°E-170°W, 19°N-28°N), the eddy kinetic energy over the western sideis much higher than that ov...Observations indicated that in the region of the Subtropical Countercurrent(STCC) over the Pacific (140°E-170°W, 19°N-28°N), the eddy kinetic energy over the western sideis much higher than that over the eastern side. The cause of such a behavior was theoreticallyinvestigated in this paper. The calculation of geostrophic current in this region indicates thatthere are relatively strong meridional geostrophic currents in this region even though the zonalcurrent is dominant in most seasons. Using a 2. 5-layer reduced-gravity model, ba-roclinicinstability of non-zonal current was discussed. It is found that at the western side of STCC thevertical shear of the meridional geostrophic current will be in favor of the ba-roclinicinstability, but at its eastern side it will suppress ba-roclinic instability, thus causing thegrowth of eddies over the western side much faster than that over the eastern side.展开更多
The linear barotropic vorticity equation describing wind-driven oceancirculation is considered as a convection-diffusion equation that can be numerically solved bylattice Boltzmann method. Numerical experiments are ca...The linear barotropic vorticity equation describing wind-driven oceancirculation is considered as a convection-diffusion equation that can be numerically solved bylattice Boltzmann method. Numerical experiments are carried out to examine the validity of the modelfor the wind-driven circulation. When horizontal viscosity is constant and spatially uniform, allnumerical solutions for different parameters approach analytical solutions well. The spatiallyvarying horizontal viscosity is also included in this model. It is shown that the variant horizontalviscosity increases the meridional transport significantly in west boundary current. By theinvestigation of numerical results, it was concluded that this model is competent for simulatingwestern boundary current.展开更多
文摘Observations indicated that in the region of the Subtropical Countercurrent(STCC) over the Pacific (140°E-170°W, 19°N-28°N), the eddy kinetic energy over the western sideis much higher than that over the eastern side. The cause of such a behavior was theoreticallyinvestigated in this paper. The calculation of geostrophic current in this region indicates thatthere are relatively strong meridional geostrophic currents in this region even though the zonalcurrent is dominant in most seasons. Using a 2. 5-layer reduced-gravity model, ba-roclinicinstability of non-zonal current was discussed. It is found that at the western side of STCC thevertical shear of the meridional geostrophic current will be in favor of the ba-roclinicinstability, but at its eastern side it will suppress ba-roclinic instability, thus causing thegrowth of eddies over the western side much faster than that over the eastern side.
文摘The linear barotropic vorticity equation describing wind-driven oceancirculation is considered as a convection-diffusion equation that can be numerically solved bylattice Boltzmann method. Numerical experiments are carried out to examine the validity of the modelfor the wind-driven circulation. When horizontal viscosity is constant and spatially uniform, allnumerical solutions for different parameters approach analytical solutions well. The spatiallyvarying horizontal viscosity is also included in this model. It is shown that the variant horizontalviscosity increases the meridional transport significantly in west boundary current. By theinvestigation of numerical results, it was concluded that this model is competent for simulatingwestern boundary current.
