Model simulations of seventeen years of mixed layer evolution at Ocean Station Papa
By: Roland W. Garwood and David Adamec
Contributors: Adamec, David; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Ocean temperature; Forecasting; Marine meteorology; Oceanographic research stations; Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Other titles: NPS-68-82-006.
Description: The bulk second order closure method of Garwood (1977) is used to predict the well-mixed layer depth and temperature evolution at Ocean Station Papa for the years 1953-1969. The time dependent boundary conditions are the specification of the surface buoyancy flux and wind stress derived from the 3-hourly atmospheric observations. Much of the variance of the well-mixed layer depth and temperature evolution is obviously associated with the annual cycle. However, a closer inspection of the results reveals a variability related to the synoptic response of the sea-surface temperature and mixed layer depth to both strong and light wind events. The simulations are not intended to be a best fit, but rather a demonstration of the capability of a one-dimensional model to simulate the interannual variability observed at OWS Papa.
Notes: "NPS-68-82-006."

"November 1982."

"Final report for period October 1981-September 1982."

"Prepared for: Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (Code 320); NSTL Station, Mississippi 39529."

Includes bibliographic references (p. 11)

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited."

Technical report; 1982.