Parameterization of quasigeostrophic eddies in primitive equation ocean models

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A parameterization of mesoscale eddy fluxes in the ocean should be consistent with the fact that the ocean interior is nearly adiabatic. Gent and McWilliams have described a framework in which this can be approximated in z-coordinate primitive equation models by incorporating the effects of eddies on the buoyancy field through an eddy-induced velocity. It is also natural to base a parameterization on the simple picture of the mixing of potential vorticity in the interior and the mixing of buoyancy at the surface. The authors discuss the various constraints imposed by these two requirements and attempt to clarify the appropriate boundary conditions on the eddy-induced velocities at the surface. Quasigeostrophic theory is used as a guide to the simplest way of satisfying these constraints.

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Treguier, A. M., Held, I. M., & Larichev, V. D. (1997). Parameterization of quasigeostrophic eddies in primitive equation ocean models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(4), 567–580. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0567:POQEIP>2.0.CO;2

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