The Effects of Inertia on the General Circulation in an Ocean with Bottom Topography

OCE 96-33057 Becker 该项目将使用两种类型的大气环流模型， 研究地形和层结对西部 边界电流不能解决准地转 模型第一个模型由原始方程控制， 必须是正压的。的有限差分解 侧壁平滑过渡到零深度的情况 一个“大陆架”将被比作 垂直侧壁。第二种模式还将纳入 倾斜的侧壁，但将分层。垂直模式将是 用于避免层界面处的数值困难 跨越边界。结果将阐明动力学 控制风驱动流的数值过程 流通模式

OCE 96-33057 Becker The project will use two types of general circulation models to investigate effects of topography and stratification on western boundary currents which cannot be addressed by quasi-gestrophic models. The first model is governed by primitive equations, but constrained to be barotropic. Finite difference solutions for the case of sidewalls which transition smoothly to zero depth through a "continental shelf" will be compared to the standard case of vertical sidewalls. The second model will also incorporate sloping sidewalls, but will be stratified. Vertical modes will be used to avoid numerical difficulties where layer interfaces intersect the boundaries. The results will clarify dynamical processes controlling wind driven flow in numerical general circulation models.