Abstract
AbstractThe Lagrangian‐Averaged Navier‐Stokes alpha (LANS‐α) and Leray turbulence parameterizations are demonstrated in a primitive‐equation ocean model using an idealized channel domain. For LANS‐α, turbulence statistics such as kinetic energy, eddy kinetic energy, and temperature profiles resemble doubled‐resolution statistics with the standard model. In a North Atlantic domain with realistic topography, the Leray model increases eddy activity. The LANS‐α and Leray models show great promise to improve heat transport and temperature distributions in global ocean‐climate simulations, as these processes depend on better resolution of eddies near the grid‐scale. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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