DTIC ADA123732: Model Simulations of Seventeen Years pdf

DTIC ADA123732: Model Simulations of Seventeen Years

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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 simulate the interannual variability observed at OWS Papa. (Author

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 11/1/1982
• Year: 1982
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Garwood, Roland W, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *MIXED LAYER(MARINE), MATHEMATICAL MODELS, TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, DEPTH, VARIATIONS, SURFACE WATERS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, CLOUD COVER, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, DEW POINT

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