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Oceanic Response To Mean and Transient Atmospheric Forcing Structure

Oceanic Response To Mean and Transient Atmospheric Forcing Structure. L. K. Shay et al. RSMAS Supported through NSF and NOAA OGP. Climatological Thermocline Depth. Aircraft Sample Strategy. Wind 8 o N - Timeline. Atmosphere and Ocean Structure: EPIC.

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Oceanic Response To Mean and Transient Atmospheric Forcing Structure

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  1. Oceanic Response To Mean and Transient Atmospheric Forcing Structure L. K. Shay et al. RSMAS Supported through NSF and NOAA OGP

  2. Climatological Thermocline Depth

  3. Aircraft Sample Strategy

  4. Wind 8oN - Timeline

  5. Atmosphere and Ocean Structure: EPIC

  6. Composite: Eddy Interaction with CRD?

  7. Oceanic Flows at 9N, 93W.

  8. Annual Mean Wind Stress Aug 99-Jul 2000 : Fig. 5 from Kessler (2002)

  9. Warm Eddy Oceanic Heat Content:Re 26oCSept and Oct

  10. Juliette-Induced Cooling

  11. 95 W Ocean Structure: EPIC

  12. Summary • How well do models treat mean and transient wind forcing events? Gap winds contaminate the annual wind field in the EPAC. (Filter?) • Warm eddies are generated by winds or through current instabilities. How do the eddies interact with the ocean mixed layer and thermocline processes? Are currents well reproduced in both a mean and transient sense? • Warm pool (10oN) does not significantly cool under strong forcing (A no wake zone?). Model mixing parameterizations need to be looked using current/shear data. • Relaxing model back to a monthly ocean climatology will cause problems in the simulations. • Integrated data sets (mooring, ship, aircraft) with uncertainties and space/time resolution in EPAC.

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