The injection of zonal momentum by buoyancy forcing in a Southern Ocean Model
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Emma | |
dc.contributor.author | Hogg, Andy | |
dc.contributor.author | Waterman, Stephanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Marshall, David P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-31T02:08:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-31T02:08:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-14T08:44:56Z | |
dc.description.abstract | An overturning circulation, driven by prescribed buoyancy forcing, is used to set a zonal volume transport in a reentrant channel ocean model with three isopycnal layers. The channel is designed to represent the Southern Ocean such that the forced overturning resembles the lower limb of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). The relative contributions of wind and buoyancy forcing to the zonal circulation are examined. It is found that the zonal volume transport is strongly dependent on the buoyancy forcing and that the eddy kinetic energy is primarily set by wind stress forcing. The zonal momentum budget integrated over each layer is considered in the buoyancy-forced, wind-forced, and combined forcing case. At equilibrium, sources and sinks of momentum are balanced, but the transient spinup reveals the source of momentum for the current. In the buoyancy-forced case, the forcing creates a baroclinic shear with westward flow in the lower layer, allowing topographic form stress and bottom friction to act as the initial sources of eastward momentum, with bottom friction acting over a longer time frame. In the wind-forced and combined forcing cases, the surface wind stress dominates the initial momentum budget, and the time to reach equilibration is shorter in the combined forcing simulation. These results imply that future changes in the rate of formation of Antarctic Bottom Water may alter the volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | EH gratefully acknowledges the support of an A. L. Hales Scholarship provided by RSES. AMH was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT120100842. This research was undertaken on the NCI National Facility in Canberra, Australia, which is supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government. | en_AU |
dc.format | 13 pages | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3670 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/15020 | |
dc.publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100842 | |
dc.rights | © 2015 American Meteorological Society https://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/authors/journal-and-bams-authors/author-resources/copyright-information/copyright-policy/Publisher's website permission to archive publisher's pdf after an embargo period of 6 months. The same for Sherpa/Romeo http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0022-3670/ (As of 31/8/2015). | |
dc.source | Journal of Physical Oceanography | |
dc.subject | Buoyancy | |
dc.subject | Circulation/Dynamics | |
dc.subject | Eddies | |
dc.subject | Geographic location/entity | |
dc.subject | Southern Ocean | |
dc.subject | Meridional overturning circulation | |
dc.subject | Topographic effects | |
dc.subject | Wind stress | |
dc.title | The injection of zonal momentum by buoyancy forcing in a Southern Ocean Model | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 271 | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 259 | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hogg, Andrew Mc., CPMS Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Howard, Emma, CPMS Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University | |
local.contributor.authoremail | andy.hogg@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | u3586031 | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 040503 - Physical Oceanography | |
local.identifier.absseo | 961104 - Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Marine Environments | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U3488905xPUB5240 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 45 | en_AU |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0098.1 | en_AU |
local.identifier.essn | 1520-0485 | en_AU |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84920885288 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4579722 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | http://www.ametsoc.org/ | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |
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