A one-dimensional ocean physical model was implemented in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean using the Nucleus for the European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) model. It was used to examine the effects of the turbulence response of the simulation of vertical mixing in the water column structure in the Southern Ocean (SO), using the available scattered data as comparison. The Brunt Väisälä frequency, turbulent diffusivity and turbocline provided valuable information regarding the turbulence response of the water column and the effect of an entrapped warm water parcel below cool waters was observed.
Reference:
Boodhraj, K., Vichi, M. and Smit, J.E. 2017. Investigating the turbulence response of a 1-D idealized water column located in the sub-Antarctic zone with focus on the upper ocean dynamics. 33rd Annual conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS), 21-22 September 2017, Polokwane, South Africa
Boodhraj, K., Vichi, M., & Smit, J. E. (2017). Investigating the turbulence response of a 1-D idealized water column located in the sub-Antarctic zone with focus on the upper ocean dynamics. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9860
Boodhraj, Kirodh, M Vichi, and Jacoba E Smit. "Investigating the turbulence response of a 1-D idealized water column located in the sub-Antarctic zone with focus on the upper ocean dynamics." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9860
Boodhraj K, Vichi M, Smit JE, Investigating the turbulence response of a 1-D idealized water column located in the sub-Antarctic zone with focus on the upper ocean dynamics; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9860 .
Paper presented at the 33rd Annual conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS), 21-22 September 2017, Polokwane, South Africa.
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