@article{Shevchenko:2017:10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.003,
author = {Shevchenko, I and Berloff, P},
doi = {10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.003},
journal = {Ocean Modelling},
pages = {55--65},
title = {On the roles of baroclinic modes in eddy-resolving midlatitude ocean dynamics},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.003},
volume = {111},
year = {2017}
}

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AB  - This work concerns how different baroclinic modes interact and influence solutions of the midlatitude oceandynamics  described  by  the  eddy-resolving  quasi-geostrophic  model  of  wind-driven  gyres.   We  developedmulti-modal energetics analysis to illuminate dynamical roles of the vertical modes, carried out a systematicanalysis of modal energetics and found that the eddy-resolving dynamics of the eastward jet extension of thewestern boundary currents, such as the Gulf Stream or Kuroshio, is dominated by the barotropic, and thefirst and second baroclinic modes, which become more energized with smaller eddy viscosity.  In the absenceof high baroclinic modes, the energy input from the wind is more efficiently focused onto the lower modes,therefore,  the  eddy  backscatter  maintaining  the  eastward  jet  and  its  adjacent  recirculation  zones  is  thestrongest and overestimated with respect to cases including higher baroclinic modes.  In the presence of highbaroclinic modes, the eddy backscatter effect on the eastward jet is much weaker.  Thus, the higher baroclinicmodes play effectively the inhibiting role in the backscatter, which is opposite to what has been previouslythought.  The higher baroclinic modes are less energetic and have progressively decreasing effect on the flowdynamics; nevertheless, they still play important roles in inter-mode energy transfers (by injecting energyinto the region of the most intensive eddy forcing, in the neighborhood of the eastward jet) that have to betaken into account for correct representation of the backscatter and, thus, for determining the eastward jetextension.
AU  - Shevchenko,I
AU  - Berloff,P
DO  - 10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.003
EP  - 65
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1463-5011
SP  - 55
TI  - On the roles of baroclinic modes in eddy-resolving midlatitude ocean dynamics
T2  - Ocean Modelling
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.003
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/44174
VL  - 111
ER  - 

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