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Gent, Peter R. "The Gent–McWilliams parameterization: 20/20 hindsight." Ocean Modelling 39, no. 1-2 (January 2011): 2–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.08.002.

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Grooms, Ian. "A Gaussian-product stochastic Gent–McWilliams parameterization." Ocean Modelling 106 (October 2016): 27–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.09.005.

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Smith, Richard D., and Peter R. Gent. "Anisotropic Gent–McWilliams Parameterization for Ocean Models." Journal of Physical Oceanography 34, no. 11 (November 1, 2004): 2541–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo2613.1.

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Abstract An anisotropic generalization of the Gent–McWilliams (GM) parameterization is presented for eddy-induced tracer transport and diffusion in ocean models, and it is implemented in an ocean general circulation model using a functional formalism to derive the spatial discretization. This complements the anisotropic viscosity parameterization recently developed by Smith and McWilliams. The anisotropic GM operator is potentially useful in both coarse- and high-resolution ocean models, and in this study the focus is on its application in high-resolution eddying solutions, for which it provides an adiabatic alternative to the more commonly used biharmonic horizontal diffusion operators. It is shown that realistically high levels of eddy energy can be simulated using harmonic anisotropic diffusion and friction operators. Isotropic forms can also be used, but these tend either to overly damp the solution when a large diffusion coefficient is used or to introduce unacceptable levels of numerical noise when a small coefficient is used. A series of numerical simulations of the North Atlantic Ocean are conducted at 0.2° resolution using anisotropic viscosity, anisotropic GM, and biharmonic mixing operators to investigate the effects of the anisotropic forms and to isolate changes in the solutions specifically associated with anisotropic GM. A high-resolution 0.1° simulation is then conducted using both anisotropic forms, and the results are compared with a similar run using biharmonic mixing. Modest improvements are seen in the mean wind-driven circulation with the anisotropic forms, but the largest effects are due to the anisotropic GM parameterization, which eliminates the spurious diapycnal diffusion inherent in horizontal tracer diffusion. This leads to significant improvements in the model thermohaline circulation, including the meridional heat transport, meridional overturning circulation, and deep-water formation and convection in the Labrador Sea.
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Cessi, Paola. "An Energy-Constrained Parameterization of Eddy Buoyancy Flux." Journal of Physical Oceanography 38, no. 8 (August 1, 2008): 1807–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007jpo3812.1.

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Abstract A parameterization for eddy buoyancy fluxes for use in coarse-grid models is developed and tested against eddy-resolving simulations. The development is based on the assumption that the eddies are adiabatic (except near the surface) and the observation that the flux of buoyancy is affected by barotropic, depth-independent eddies. Like the previous parameterizations of Gent and McWilliams (GM) and Visbeck et al. (VMHS), the horizontal flux of a tracer is proportional to the local large-scale horizontal gradient of the tracer through a transfer coefficient assumed to be given by the product of a typical eddy velocity scale and a typical mixing length. The proposed parameterization differs from GM and VMHS in the selection of the eddy velocity scale, which is based on the kinetic energy balance of baroclinic eddies. The three parameterizations are compared to eddy-resolving computations in a variety of forcing configurations and for several sets of parameters. The VMHS and the energy balance parameterizations perform best in the tests considered here.
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Ivchenko, V. O., S. Danilov, and J. Schröter. "Comparison of the Effect of Parameterized Eddy Fluxes of Thickness and Potential Vorticity." Journal of Physical Oceanography 44, no. 9 (September 1, 2014): 2470–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-13-0267.1.

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Abstract Parameterization of mesoscale eddies is an important problem of modern ocean dynamics and modeling. The most widely used scheme is the so-called Gent–McWilliams parameterization, which describes the eddy-induced transport of tracers, including temperature, density, and isopycnal thickness (TH). An alternative scheme, proposed by Green and Welander, deals with parameterizing eddy fluxes of potential vorticity (PV). Many recent studies propose using it, for it includes the effect of eddy Reynolds stresses that may influence mean flows. These two schemes are compared in the simplest configuration of two-layer quasigeostrophic channel flow, which enables analytical solutions for zonal-mean fields. It is shown how the parameterizations shape the zonally averaged zonal velocity profiles, with special attention paid to the role of the Reynolds stresses and momentum conservation. The zonally averaged zonal velocity profiles are sensitive to the amplitude and profiles of TH and PV diffusivities. For small enough diffusivities the TH parameterization may lead to solutions resembling those for the PV parameterization if it uses the diffusivity of the latter; that is, it may mimic the impact of the Reynolds stresses on the mean flow.
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Marshall, David P., and Alberto C. Naveira Garabato. "A Conjecture on the Role of Bottom-Enhanced Diapycnal Mixing in the Parameterization of Geostrophic Eddies." Journal of Physical Oceanography 38, no. 7 (July 1, 2008): 1607–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007jpo3619.1.

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Abstract The parameterization of geostrophic eddies represents a large sink of energy in most ocean models, yet the ultimate fate of this eddy energy in the ocean remains unclear. The authors conjecture that a significant fraction of the eddy energy may be transferred to internal lee waves and oscillations over rough bottom topography, leading to bottom-enhanced diapycnal mixing. A range of circumstantial evidence in support of this conjecture is presented and discussed. The authors further propose a modification to the Gent and McWilliams eddy parameterization to account for the bottom-enhanced diapycnal mixing.
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Jansen, Malte F. "A note on: “A Gaussian-product stochastic Gent–McWilliams parameterization”." Ocean Modelling 110 (February 2017): 49–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.12.005.

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Grooms, Ian, and William Kleiber. "Diagnosing, modeling, and testing a multiplicative stochastic Gent-McWilliams parameterization." Ocean Modelling 133 (January 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.10.009.

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Gent, Peter R., and Gokhan Danabasoglu. "Response to Increasing Southern Hemisphere Winds in CCSM4." Journal of Climate 24, no. 19 (October 2011): 4992–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-10-05011.1.

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Results from two perturbation experiments using the Community Climate System Model version 4 where the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress is increased are described. It is shown that the ocean response is in accord with experiments using much-higher-resolution ocean models that do not use an eddy parameterization. The key to obtaining an appropriate response in the coarse-resolution climate model is to specify a variable coefficient in the Gent and McWilliams eddy parameterization, rather than a constant value. This result contrasts with several recent papers that have suggested that coarse-resolution climate models cannot obtain an appropriate response.
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Fan, Yalin, and Stephen M. Griffies. "Impacts of Parameterized Langmuir Turbulence and Nonbreaking Wave Mixing in Global Climate Simulations." Journal of Climate 27, no. 12 (June 5, 2014): 4752–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00583.1.

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Abstract The impacts of parameterized upper-ocean wave mixing on global climate simulations are assessed through modification to Large et al.’s K-profile ocean boundary layer parameterization (KPP) in a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave global climate model. The authors consider three parameterizations and focus on impacts to high-latitude ocean mixed layer depths and related ocean diagnostics. The McWilliams and Sullivan parameterization (MS2000) adds a Langmuir turbulence enhancement to the nonlocal component of KPP. It is found that the Langmuir turbulence–induced mixing provided by this parameterization is too strong in winter, producing overly deep mixed layers, and of minimal impact in summer. The later Smyth et al. parameterization modifies MS2000 by adding a stratification effect to restrain the turbulence enhancement under weak stratification conditions (e.g., winter) and to magnify the enhancement under strong stratification conditions. The Smyth et al. scheme improves the simulated winter mixed layer depth in the simulations herein, with mixed layer deepening in the Labrador Sea and shoaling in the Weddell and Ross Seas. Enhanced vertical mixing through parameterized Langmuir turbulence, coupled with enhanced lateral transport associated with parameterized mesoscale and submesoscale eddies, is found to be a key element for improving mixed layer simulations. Secondary impacts include strengthening the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and reducing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The Qiao et al. nonbreaking wave parameterization is the third scheme assessed here. It adds a wave orbital velocity to the Reynolds stress calculation and provides the strongest summer mixed layer deepening in the Southern Ocean among the three experiments, but with weak impacts during winter.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "McWilliams parameterization"

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Adim, Mahieddine. "Modèles continûment stratifiés et systèmes multi-couches pour les écoulements géophysiques." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Rennes (2023-....), 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024URENS026.

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Dans cette thèse, nous établissons rigoureusement des ponts entre les écoulements continument stratifiés et les écoulements multi-couches. Dans une première partie, nous considérons le système de Saint-Venant multi-couches avec un terme supplémentaire diffusif qui a un effet régularisant, dont la motivation provient des travaux des océanographes Gent & McWilliams sur le mélange isopycnal et la diffusivité des tourbillons, et qui pourrait être interprété comme un terme de turbulence. En exploitant la structure de ce système, nous obtenons un dictionnaire qui nous permet d'interpréter ce système multi-couches comme une discrétisation de la formulation en coordonnées isopycnales du système hydrostatique continument stratifié avec le terme diffusif de Gent & McWilliams ajouté de manière similaire. Nous montrons la convergence de la solution discrète vers la solution continue à mesure que le nombre de couches tend vers l'infini, et nous fournissons un taux de convergence explicite. Dans une deuxième partie, dans cette thèse, nous abordons la limite "inverse", nous montrons rigoureusement que, sous certaines conditions d'hyperbolicité et dans un cadre topologique bien choisi, la solution du système continument stratifié converge vers le système de Saint-Venant bi-couches dans la limite de stratification nette
In this thesis, we rigorously establish bridges between continuously stratified flows and multi-layer flows. In the first part, we consider the multi-layer shallow water system with an additional diffusive term that has a regularizing effect, motivated by the work of oceanographers Gent & McWilliams on isopycnal mixing and eddy diffusivity, which can be interpreted as a turbulence term. By exploiting the structure of this system, we derive a dictionary that allows us to interpret this multi-layer system as a discretization of the formulation in isopycnal coordinates of the continuously stratified hydrostatic system with the Gent & McWilliams diffusive term added in a similar manner. We demonstrate the convergence of the discrete solution to the continuous solution as the number of layers tends to infinity, and we provide an explicit convergence rate. In the second part of this thesis, we address the "inverse" limit. We rigorously show that, under certain hyperbolicity conditions and within a well-chosen topological framework, the solution of the continuously stratified system converges to the bi-layer shallow water system in the limit of sharp stratification
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