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  Behavior of double-hemisphere thermohaline flows in a single basin

Klinger, B., & Marotzke, J. (1999). Behavior of double-hemisphere thermohaline flows in a single basin. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29, 382-399. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0382:BODHTF>2.0.CO;2.

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Free keywords: GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODELS; GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE TRACER TRANSPORTS; MIXED BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS; SCALE WATER MASSES; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY; FRESH-WATER; DEEP-WATER; THERMOSOLUTAL CONVECTIONOceanography;
 Abstract: A coarse resolution, three-dimensional numerical model is used to study how external parameters control the existence and strength of equatorially asymmetric thermohaline overturning in a large-scale, rotating ocean basin. Initially, the meridional surface density gradient is directly set to be larger in a "dominant" hemisphere than in a "subordinate" hemisphere. The two-hemisphere system has a broader thermocline and weaker upwelling than the same model with the dominant hemisphere only. This behavior is in accord with classical scaling arguments, providing that the continuity equation is employed, rather than the linear vorticity equation. The dominant overturning cell, analogous to North Atlantic Deep Water formation, is primarily controlled by the surface density contrast in the dominant hemisphere, which in turn is largely set by temperature. Consequently, in experiments with mixed boundary conditions, the dominant cell strength is relatively insensitive to the magnitude Q(s) of the salinity forcing. However, a, strongly influences subordinate hemisphere properties, including the volume transport of a shallow overturning cell and the meridional extent of a tongue of low-salinity intermediate water reminiscent of Antarctic Intermediate Water. The minimum Q(s) is identified for which the steady, asymmetric how is stable; below this value, a steady, equatorially symmetric, temperature-dominated overturning occurs. For high salt flux, the asymmetric circulation becomes oscillatory and eventually gives way to an unsteady, symmetric, salt-dominated overturning. For given boundary conditions, it is possible to have at least three different asymmetric states, with significantly different large-scale properties. An expression for the meridional salt transport allows one to roughly predict the surface salinity and density profile and stability of the asymmetric state as a function of Q(s) and other external parameters.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1999-031999
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 18
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Title: Journal of Physical Oceanography
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Publ. Info: Boston, MA : American Meteorological Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 29 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 382 - 399 Identifier: ISSN: 0022-3670
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925417986