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| Titel |
Mean Circulation and Structures of Tilted Ocean Deep Convection |
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A. Wirth |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2009
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 11 (2009) |
| Datensatznummer |
250020454
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Convection in a homogeneous ocean is investigated by numerically integrating the three
dimensional Boussinesq equations in a tilted-rotating frame (f-F-plane) subject to a negative
buoyancy flux (cooling) at the surface. The study focuses on determining the influence of the
angle (tilt) between the axis of rotation and gravity on the convection process. To
this end we vary two essential parameters: (i) the magnitude of the surface heat
flux, and (ii) the angle (tilt) between the axis of rotation and gravity. The range
of the parameters investigated is a subset of typical open ocean deep convection
events.
We demonstrate that when gravity and rotation vector are tilted with respect to each other:
(i) the Taylor-Proudman-Poincar |
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