LONG-PERIOD VARIABILITY OF LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION SYSTEM AND MESOSCALE VORTICES AS SELF-ORGANIZATION PHENOMENON

  • A. B. Fedotov Institute of Natural and Technical Systems, Russian Federation
DOI: 10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2019.47(3).16
Keywords: synoptic variability, large-scale variability, wind-forced currents, self-organization

Abstract

Within the framework of the numerical model of a two-layer ocean with the depth of layers corresponding to the average ocean conditions, the evolution of large-scale circulation under the action of an external stationary vorticity flow under constant dissipation parameters is studied, the time scales of long-period oscillations of the energy of flows are analyzed. The temporal variability of the enstrophy spectrum of the system of flows is considered, the connection of oscillations of the total energy of large-scale circulation with oscillations of the position of the center of mass of the enstrophy spectrum of the system is revealed.

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Published
2019-11-06
Issue
Vol 47 No 3 (2019): Journal of Oceanological Research
Section
Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Prof. K.N. Fedorov Ocean physics

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