Six coupled general circulation models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) are em-ployed for examining the full evolution of the North Pacific mode water and Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC...Six coupled general circulation models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) are em-ployed for examining the full evolution of the North Pacific mode water and Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC) under global warming over 400 years following the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5. The mode water and STCC first show a sharp weakening trend when the radiative forcing increases, but then reverse to a slow strengthening trend of smaller magnitude after the radiative forcing is stablized. As the radiative forcing increases during the 21st century, the ocean warming is surface-intensified and decreases with depth, strengthening the upper ocean's stratification and becoming unfavorable for the mode water formation. Moving southward in the subtropical gyre, the shrinking mode water decelerates the STCC to the south. After the radiative forcing is stabilized in the 2070s, the subsequent warming is greater at the subsurface than at the sea surface, destabilizing the upper ocean and becoming favorable for the mode water formation. As a result, the mode water and STCC recover gradually after the radiative forc-ing is stabilized.展开更多
The direct simulation Monte Carlo(DSMC) method is the most mature and wildly used approach for nonequilibrium gas flow simulation.The phenomenological nature of this method brings flexibility to the computation algori...The direct simulation Monte Carlo(DSMC) method is the most mature and wildly used approach for nonequilibrium gas flow simulation.The phenomenological nature of this method brings flexibility to the computation algorithms.In this study,the theoretical foundations to decouple the molecular motion and collision within a time step are discussed in detail,which can be treated as criterions for the DSMC algorithms.Based on the theoretical developments,an improved local time stepping scheme is proposed,which specifies the movement time attribute and the collision time attribute for each representative particle.A free flow about a sphere body is considered as an example,which is compared with the calculations using the published local time stepping technique.The results show that the improved local time scheme is valid and is promising in realizing flow structures with strong variations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB955602)National Key Program for Developing Basic Science(2010CB428904)Natural Science Foundation of China(41176006 and 40921004)
文摘Six coupled general circulation models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) are em-ployed for examining the full evolution of the North Pacific mode water and Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC) under global warming over 400 years following the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5. The mode water and STCC first show a sharp weakening trend when the radiative forcing increases, but then reverse to a slow strengthening trend of smaller magnitude after the radiative forcing is stablized. As the radiative forcing increases during the 21st century, the ocean warming is surface-intensified and decreases with depth, strengthening the upper ocean's stratification and becoming unfavorable for the mode water formation. Moving southward in the subtropical gyre, the shrinking mode water decelerates the STCC to the south. After the radiative forcing is stabilized in the 2070s, the subsequent warming is greater at the subsurface than at the sea surface, destabilizing the upper ocean and becoming favorable for the mode water formation. As a result, the mode water and STCC recover gradually after the radiative forc-ing is stabilized.
文摘The direct simulation Monte Carlo(DSMC) method is the most mature and wildly used approach for nonequilibrium gas flow simulation.The phenomenological nature of this method brings flexibility to the computation algorithms.In this study,the theoretical foundations to decouple the molecular motion and collision within a time step are discussed in detail,which can be treated as criterions for the DSMC algorithms.Based on the theoretical developments,an improved local time stepping scheme is proposed,which specifies the movement time attribute and the collision time attribute for each representative particle.A free flow about a sphere body is considered as an example,which is compared with the calculations using the published local time stepping technique.The results show that the improved local time scheme is valid and is promising in realizing flow structures with strong variations.
