Sensitivity of Global Ocean Climate Simulations to Upper-Ocean Mixing Parameterizations: Analysis Using Level-Coordinate Mixed Layer Models

9415911哈里韦尔目前，迈阿密等温坐标海洋模式(MICOM)的能力有限，因为混合强烈依赖于混合层内与深度相关的物理过程，必须由垂直积分TKE平衡的重要项的简单总体参数化来控制；这些参数化项包含鲜为人知的系数。这个项目将解决这个问题，因为它将用一个水平坐标混合层模式来覆盖MICOM，该模式能够显式地解析混合层内与深度相关的物理过程。该项目的长期目标是在一台大规模并行计算机上进行涡旋解析全球模拟。

9415911 Halliwell Presently, the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) have limited capabilities because mixing, which depends strongly on depth dependent physical processes within the mixed layer, must be governed by a simple bulk parameterization of the important terms of the vertically integrated TKE balance; these parameterized terms contain poorly-known coefficients. This project will solve this problem because it will cap the MICOM with a level coordinate mixed layer model capable of explicitly resolving depth-dependent physical processes within the mixed layer. The long term goal of the project is to perform eddy-resolving global simulations on a massively parallel computer.