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Evaluation of drift current parameters using an analytical model

  • Analysis of Observations and Methods of Calculating Oceanic Hydrophysical Fields
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The paper is concerned with the evaluation of the drift current parameters derived through the use of an analytical model. In this model, effective when stratification is stable and indifferent, the vertical turbulence coefficient profile is prescribed by the power function, and hydrodynamic quantities are prescribed using the external parameters of the problem (wind stress, the Coriolis parameter, and the dimensionless stratification parameter). Model data are compared with the observations of the upper mixed layer in the vicinity of the oceanic Station C, conducted during one year. It is shown that, under the spring-summer-time warming conditions, the model at issue is capable of adequately simulating the upper ocean layer dynamics.

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  1. N. V. Dmitriev
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Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin.

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Dmitriev, N.V., Kazakov, A.L. Evaluation of drift current parameters using an analytical model. Phys. Oceanogr. 7, 419–426 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509655

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