Parameterizing eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts using a slope-aware GEOMETRIC closure

H Wei, Y Wang, J Mak - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Accurate parameterizations of eddy fluxes across prograde, buoyant shelf and slope
currents are crucial to faithful predictions of the heat transfer and water mass transformations …

Scale‐Awareness in an Eddy Energy Constrained Mesoscale Eddy Parameterization

J Mak, JR Maddison, DP Marshall… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing interest in mesoscale eddy parameterizations that are scale‐aware,
normally interpreted to mean that a parameterization does not require parameter …

Constraining an eddy energy dissipation rate due to relative wind stress for use in energy budget-based eddy parameterisations

T Wilder, X Zhai, D Munday, M Joshi - Ocean Science, 2023 - os.copernicus.org
A geostrophic eddy energy dissipation rate due to the interaction of the large-scale wind
field and mesoscale ocean currents, or relative wind stress, is derived here for use in eddy …

Global estimation of the eddy kinetic energy dissipation from a diagnostic energy balance

R Torres, R Waldman, J Mak… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale eddies dominate the ocean kinetic energy reservoir. However, how and where
this energy flows out from the mesoscale remains uncertain. Here, a simplified mesoscale …

Suppression of mesoscale eddy mixing by topographic PV gradients

MF Sterl, JH LaCasce, S Groeskamp… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Oceanic mesoscale eddy mixing plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by
redistributing heat, salt, and carbon. For many ocean and climate models, mesoscale eddies …

[HTML][HTML] Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: Eddy-induced advection at eddy-permitting …

X Ruan, D Couespel, M Lévy, J Li, J Mak, Y Wang - Ocean Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Ocean general circulation models at the eddy-permitting regime are known to under-resolve
the mesoscale eddy activity and associated eddy-mean interaction. Under-resolving the …

[HTML][HTML] Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: eddy induced advection at non-eddying …

X Ruan, D Couespel, M Lévy, J Li, J Mak, Y Wang - Ocean Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ocean components of Earth System Models employed for climate projections do not
routinely resolve mesoscale eddies for computational cost reasons, and the associated …

Application of a Simple Diffusivity Formulation to Examine Regime Transition and Jet–Eddy Energy Partitioning in Quasi-Geostrophic Turbulence

SN Chen - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study uses a simple diffusivity formulation to examine flow regime transition and jet–
eddy energy partitioning in two-layer quasigeostrophic turbulence. Guided by simulations …

A two-dimensional model for eddy saturation and frictional control in the Southern Ocean

JR Maddison, DP Marshall, J Mak… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The reduced sensitivity of mean Southern Ocean zonal transport with respect to surface
wind stress magnitude changes, known as eddy saturation, is studied in an idealised …

Eddy‐Mean Flow Interaction With a Multiple Scale Quasi Geostrophic Model

B Deremble, T Uchida, WK Dewar… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Parameterization of mesoscale eddies in coarse resolution ocean models is necessary to
include the effect of eddies on the large‐scale oceanic circulation. We propose to use a …