THE ROLE OF MESOSCALE TRACER TRANSPORTS IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION

被引：250
作者：
DANABASOGLU, G
MCWILLIAMS, JC
GENT, PR
机构：
[1] National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder
来源：
SCIENCE | 1994年 / 264卷 / 5162期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.264.5162.1123
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Ocean models routinely used in simulations of the Earth's climate do not resolve mesoscale eddies because of the immense computational cost. A new parameterization of the effects of these eddies has been implemented in a widely used model. A comparison of its solution with that of the conventional parameterization shows significant improvements in the global temperature distribution, the poleward and surface heat fluxes, and the locations of deepwater formation.
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页码：1123 / 1126
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