A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications

LING Tie-jun; LIANG Xin-Zhong; XU Min; WANG Zhanggui; WANG Bin

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LING Tie-jun, LIANG Xin-Zhong, XU Min, WANG Zhanggui, WANG Bin. A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2011, 33(3): 1-10.

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LING Tie-jun, LIANG Xin-Zhong, XU Min, WANG Zhanggui, WANG Bin. A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2011, 33(3): 1-10.

LING Tie-jun, LIANG Xin-Zhong, XU Min, WANG Zhanggui, WANG Bin. A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2011, 33(3): 1-10.

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LING Tie-jun, LIANG Xin-Zhong, XU Min, WANG Zhanggui, WANG Bin. A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2011, 33(3): 1-10.

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A multilevel ocean mixed-layer model for 2-dimension applications

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LASG, Institude of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029;National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing,100081;Illinois State Water Survey, U.S.61820
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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, U.S.61801;Illinois State Water Survey, U.S.61820
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Illinois State Water Survey, U.S.61820
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National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing,100081
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LASG, Institude of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029

Received Date: 2010-03-09

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A multilevel mixed-layer ocean model (MLOM) is improved for a general 2-D application of coupling with atmospheric or oceanic circulation models.This includes the parameterization of the Ekman upwelling pumping (UPW), the nudging of past daily sea surface temperature (SST) variation, and the relaxation to monthly mean climatological state (temperature, salinity, current) profiles.The performance of the MLOM is examined by an ideal experiment of a static storm and a real simulation of Hurricane Katrina 2005.For the static storm, the missing horizontal transport in the 1-D MLOM is effectively compensated by the UPW, and the unrealistic warm core underneath the storm center was also eliminated.In the Katrina case, the MLOM with the three improvements not only realistically simulates SST daily evolution and mean diurnal cycle, but also significantly reduces the SST warm bias along the hurricane track near the center over the Gulf of Mexico.These results suggest that the new MLOM can facilitate a more credible application in hurricane forecasts.
- ocean mixed-layer model,
- Ekman upwelling pumping,
- diurnal cycle

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