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2 | % Chapter 1 Ñ Model Basics |
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5 | \chapter{Model basics} |
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6 | \label{PE} |
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7 | \minitoc |
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10 | \newpage |
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11 | $\ $\newline % force a new ligne |
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14 | % Primitive Equations |
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16 | \section{Primitive Equations} |
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17 | \label{PE_PE} |
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20 | % Vector Invariant Formulation |
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22 | |
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23 | \subsection{Vector Invariant Formulation} |
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24 | \label{PE_Vector} |
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26 | |
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27 | The ocean is a fluid that can be described to a good approximation by the primitive |
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28 | equations, $i.e.$ the Navier-Stokes equations along with a nonlinear equation of |
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29 | state which couples the two active tracers (temperature and salinity) to the fluid |
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30 | velocity, plus the following additional assumptions made from scale considerations: |
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31 | |
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32 | \textit{(1) spherical earth approximation: }the geopotential surfaces are assumed to |
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33 | be spheres so that gravity (local vertical) is parallel to the earth's radius |
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34 | |
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35 | \textit{(2) thin-shell approximation: }the ocean depth is neglected compared to the earth's radius |
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36 | |
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37 | \textit{(3) turbulent closure hypothesis: }the turbulent fluxes (which represent the effect |
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38 | of small scale processes on the large-scale) are expressed in terms of large-scale features |
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39 | |
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40 | \textit{(4) Boussinesq hypothesis:} density variations are neglected except in their |
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41 | contribution to the buoyancy force |
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42 | |
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43 | \textit{(5) Hydrostatic hypothesis: }the vertical momentum equation is reduced to a |
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44 | balance between the vertical pressure gradient and the buoyancy force (this removes |
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45 | convective processes from the initial Navier-Stokes equations and so convective processes |
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46 | must be parameterized instead) |
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47 | |
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48 | \textit{(6) Incompressibility hypothesis: }the three dimensional divergence of the velocity |
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49 | vector is assumed to be zero. |
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50 | |
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51 | Because the gravitational force is so dominant in the equations of large-scale motions, |
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52 | it is useful to choose an orthogonal set of unit vectors (\textbf{i},\textbf{j},\textbf{k}) linked |
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53 | to the earth such that \textbf{k} is the local upward vector and (\textbf{i},\textbf{j}) are two |
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54 | vectors orthogonal to \textbf{k}, $i.e.$ tangent to the geopotential surfaces. Let us define |
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55 | the following variables: \textbf{U} the vector velocity, $\textbf{U}=\textbf{U}_h + w\, \textbf{k}$ |
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56 | (the subscript $h$ denotes the local horizontal vector, $i.e.$ over the (\textbf{i},\textbf{j}) plane), |
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57 | $T$ the potential temperature, $S$ the salinity, \textit{$\rho $} the \textit{in situ} density. |
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58 | The vector invariant form of the primitive equations in the (\textbf{i},\textbf{j},\textbf{k}) |
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59 | vector system provides the following six equations (namely the momentum balance, the |
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60 | hydrostatic equilibrium, the incompressibility equation, the heat and salt conservation |
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61 | equations and an equation of state): |
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62 | \begin{subequations} \label{Eq_PE} |
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63 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_dyn} |
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64 | \frac{\partial {\rm {\bf U}}_h }{\partial t}= |
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65 | -\left[ {\left( {\nabla \times {\rm {\bf U}}} \right)\times {\rm {\bf U}} |
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66 | +\frac{1}{2}\nabla \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}^2} \right)} \right]_h |
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67 | -f\;{\rm {\bf k}}\times {\rm {\bf U}}_h |
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68 | -\frac{1}{\rho _o }\nabla _h p + {\rm {\bf D}}^{\rm {\bf U}} + {\rm {\bf F}}^{\rm {\bf U}} |
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69 | \end{equation} |
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70 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_hydrostatic} |
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71 | \frac{\partial p }{\partial z} = - \rho \ g |
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72 | \end{equation} |
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73 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_continuity} |
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74 | \nabla \cdot {\bf U}= 0 |
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75 | \end{equation} |
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76 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_tra_T} |
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77 | \frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = - \nabla \cdot \left( T \ \rm{\bf U} \right) + D^T + F^T |
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78 | \end{equation} |
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79 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_tra_S} |
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80 | \frac{\partial S}{\partial t} = - \nabla \cdot \left( S \ \rm{\bf U} \right) + D^S + F^S |
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81 | \end{equation} |
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82 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_eos} |
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83 | \rho = \rho \left( T,S,p \right) |
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84 | \end{equation} |
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85 | \end{subequations} |
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86 | where $\nabla$ is the generalised derivative vector operator in $(\bf i,\bf j, \bf k)$ directions, |
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87 | $t$ is the time, $z$ is the vertical coordinate, $\rho $ is the \textit{in situ} density given by |
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88 | the equation of state (\ref{Eq_PE_eos}), $\rho_o$ is a reference density, $p$ the pressure, |
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89 | $f=2 \bf \Omega \cdot \bf k$ is the Coriolis acceleration (where $\bf \Omega$ is the Earth's |
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90 | angular velocity vector), and $g$ is the gravitational acceleration. |
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91 | ${\rm {\bf D}}^{\rm {\bf U}}$, $D^T$ and $D^S$ are the parameterisations of small-scale |
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92 | physics for momentum, temperature and salinity, and ${\rm {\bf F}}^{\rm {\bf U}}$, $F^T$ |
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93 | and $F^S$ surface forcing terms. Their nature and formulation are discussed in |
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94 | \S\ref{PE_zdf_ldf} and page \S\ref{PE_boundary_condition}. |
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95 | |
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96 | . |
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97 | |
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98 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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99 | % Boundary condition |
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100 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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101 | \subsection{Boundary Conditions} |
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102 | \label{PE_boundary_condition} |
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103 | |
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104 | An ocean is bounded by complex coastlines, bottom topography at its base and an air-sea |
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105 | or ice-sea interface at its top. These boundaries can be defined by two surfaces, $z=-H(i,j)$ |
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106 | and $z=\eta(i,j,k,t)$, where $H$ is the depth of the ocean bottom and $\eta$ is the height |
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107 | of the sea surface. Both $H$ and $\eta$ are usually referenced to a given surface, $z=0$, |
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108 | chosen as a mean sea surface (Fig.~\ref{Fig_ocean_bc}). Through these two boundaries, |
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109 | the ocean can exchange fluxes of heat, fresh water, salt, and momentum with the solid earth, |
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110 | the continental margins, the sea ice and the atmosphere. However, some of these fluxes are |
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111 | so weak that even on climatic time scales of thousands of years they can be neglected. |
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112 | In the following, we briefly review the fluxes exchanged at the interfaces between the ocean |
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113 | and the other components of the earth system. |
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114 | |
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115 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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116 | \begin{figure}[!ht] \label{Fig_ocean_bc} \begin{center} |
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117 | \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{./TexFiles/Figures/Fig_I_ocean_bc.pdf} |
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118 | \caption{The ocean is bounded by two surfaces, $z=-H(i,j)$ and $z=\eta(i,j,k,t)$, where $H$ |
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119 | is the depth of the sea floor and $\eta$ the height of the sea surface. Both $H$ and $\eta $ |
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120 | are referenced to $z=0$.} |
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121 | \end{center} \end{figure} |
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122 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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124 | |
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125 | \begin{description} |
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126 | \item[Land - ocean interface:] the major flux between continental margins and the ocean is |
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127 | a mass exchange of fresh water through river runoff. Such an exchange modifies the sea |
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128 | surface salinity especially in the vicinity of major river mouths. It can be neglected for short |
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129 | range integrations but has to be taken into account for long term integrations as it influences |
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130 | the characteristics of water masses formed (especially at high latitudes). It is required in order |
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131 | to close the water cycle of the climate system. It is usually specified as a fresh water flux at |
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132 | the air-sea interface in the vicinity of river mouths. |
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133 | \item[Solid earth - ocean interface:] heat and salt fluxes through the sea floor are small, |
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134 | except in special areas of little extent. They are usually neglected in the model |
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135 | \footnote{In fact, it has been shown that the heat flux associated with the solid Earth cooling |
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136 | ($i.e.$the geothermal heating) is not negligible for the thermohaline circulation of the world |
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137 | ocean (see \ref{TRA_bbc}).}. |
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138 | The boundary condition is thus set to no flux of heat and salt across solid boundaries. |
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139 | For momentum, the situation is different. There is no flow across solid boundaries, |
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140 | $i.e.$ the velocity normal to the ocean bottom and coastlines is zero (in other words, |
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141 | the bottom velocity is parallel to solid boundaries). This kinematic boundary condition |
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142 | can be expressed as: |
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143 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_w_bbc} |
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144 | w = -{\rm {\bf U}}_h \cdot \nabla _h \left( H \right) |
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145 | \end{equation} |
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146 | In addition, the ocean exchanges momentum with the earth through frictional processes. |
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147 | Such momentum transfer occurs at small scales in a boundary layer. It must be parameterized |
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148 | in terms of turbulent fluxes using bottom and/or lateral boundary conditions. Its specification |
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149 | depends on the nature of the physical parameterisation used for ${\rm {\bf D}}^{\rm {\bf U}}$ |
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150 | in \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn}. It is discussed in \S\ref{PE_zdf}, page~\pageref{PE_zdf}.% and Chap. III.6 to 9. |
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151 | \item[Atmosphere - ocean interface:] the kinematic surface condition plus the mass flux |
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152 | of fresh water PE (the precipitation minus evaporation budget) leads to: |
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153 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_w_sbc} |
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154 | w = \frac{\partial \eta }{\partial t} |
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155 | + \left. {{\rm {\bf U}}_h } \right|_{z=\eta } \cdot \nabla _h \left( \eta \right) |
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156 | + P-E |
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157 | \end{equation} |
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158 | The dynamic boundary condition, neglecting the surface tension (which removes capillary |
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159 | waves from the system) leads to the continuity of pressure across the interface $z=\eta$. |
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160 | The atmosphere and ocean also exchange horizontal momentum (wind stress), and heat. |
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161 | \item[Sea ice - ocean interface:] the ocean and sea ice exchange heat, salt, fresh water |
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162 | and momentum. The sea surface temperature is constrained to be at the freezing point |
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163 | at the interface. Sea ice salinity is very low ($\sim4-6 \,psu$) compared to those of the |
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164 | ocean ($\sim34 \,psu$). The cycle of freezing/melting is associated with fresh water and |
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165 | salt fluxes that cannot be neglected. |
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166 | \end{description} |
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167 | |
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168 | |
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169 | \newpage |
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170 | $\ $\newline % force a new ligne |
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172 | % ================================================================ |
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173 | % The Horizontal Pressure Gradient |
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174 | % ================================================================ |
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175 | \section{The Horizontal Pressure Gradient } |
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176 | \label{PE_hor_pg} |
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177 | |
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178 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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179 | % Pressure Formulation |
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180 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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181 | \subsection{Pressure Formulation} |
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182 | \label{PE_p_formulation} |
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184 | The total pressure at a given depth $z$ is composed of a surface pressure $p_s$ at a |
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185 | reference geopotential surface ($z=0$) and a hydrostatic pressure $p_h$ such that: |
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186 | $p(i,j,k,t)=p_s(i,j,t)+p_h(i,j,k,t)$. The latter is computed by integrating (\ref{Eq_PE_hydrostatic}), |
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187 | assuming that pressure in decibars can be approximated by depth in meters in (\ref{Eq_PE_eos}). |
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188 | The hydrostatic pressure is then given by: |
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189 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_pressure} |
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190 | p_h \left( {i,j,z,t} \right) |
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191 | = \int_{\varsigma =z}^{\varsigma =0} {g\;\rho \left( {T,S,\varsigma} \right)\;d\varsigma } |
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192 | \end{equation} |
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193 | Two strategies can be considered for the surface pressure term: $(a)$ introduce of a |
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194 | new variable $\eta$, the free-surface elevation, for which a prognostic equation can be |
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195 | established and solved; $(b)$ assume that the ocean surface is a rigid lid, on which the |
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196 | pressure (or its horizontal gradient) can be diagnosed. When the former strategy is used, |
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197 | one solution of the free-surface elevation consists of the excitation of external gravity waves. |
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198 | The flow is barotropic and the surface moves up and down with gravity as the restoring force. |
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199 | The phase speed of such waves is high (some hundreds of metres per second) so that |
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200 | the time step would have to be very short if they were present in the model. The latter |
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201 | strategy filters out these waves since the rigid lid approximation implies $\eta=0$, $i.e.$ |
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202 | the sea surface is the surface $z=0$. This well known approximation increases the surface |
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203 | wave speed to infinity and modifies certain other longwave dynamics ($e.g.$ barotropic |
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204 | Rossby or planetary waves). The rigid-lid hypothesis is an obsolescent feature in modern |
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205 | OGCMs. It has been available until the release 3.1 of \NEMO, and it has been removed |
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206 | in release 3.2 and followings. Only the free surface formulation is now described in the |
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207 | this document (see the next sub-section). |
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208 | |
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209 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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210 | % Free Surface Formulation |
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211 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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212 | \subsection{Free Surface Formulation} |
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213 | \label{PE_free_surface} |
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215 | In the free surface formulation, a variable $\eta$, the sea-surface height, is introduced |
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216 | which describes the shape of the air-sea interface. This variable is solution of a |
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217 | prognostic equation which is established by forming the vertical average of the kinematic |
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218 | surface condition (\ref{Eq_PE_w_bbc}): |
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219 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_ssh} |
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220 | \frac{\partial \eta }{\partial t}=-D+P-E |
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221 | \quad \text{where} \ |
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222 | D=\nabla \cdot \left[ {\left( {H+\eta } \right) \; {\rm{\bf \overline{U}}}_h \,} \right] |
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223 | \end{equation} |
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224 | and using (\ref{Eq_PE_hydrostatic}) the surface pressure is given by: $p_s = \rho \, g \, \eta$. |
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225 | |
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226 | Allowing the air-sea interface to move introduces the external gravity waves (EGWs) |
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227 | as a class of solution of the primitive equations. These waves are barotropic because |
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228 | of hydrostatic assumption, and their phase speed is quite high. Their time scale is |
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229 | short with respect to the other processes described by the primitive equations. |
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230 | |
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231 | Two choices can be made regarding the implementation of the free surface in the model, |
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232 | depending on the physical processes of interest. |
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234 | $\bullet$ If one is interested in EGWs, in particular the tides and their interaction |
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235 | with the baroclinic structure of the ocean (internal waves) possibly in shallow seas, |
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236 | then a non linear free surface is the most appropriate. This means that no |
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237 | approximation is made in (\ref{Eq_PE_ssh}) and that the variation of the ocean |
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238 | volume is fully taken into account. Note that in order to study the fast time scales |
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239 | associated with EGWs it is necessary to minimize time filtering effects (use an |
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240 | explicit time scheme with very small time step, or a split-explicit scheme with |
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241 | reasonably small time step, see \S\ref{DYN_spg_exp} or \S\ref{DYN_spg_ts}. |
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242 | |
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243 | $\bullet$ If one is not interested in EGW but rather sees them as high frequency |
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244 | noise, it is possible to apply an explicit filter to slow down the fastest waves while |
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245 | not altering the slow barotropic Rossby waves. If further, an approximative conservation |
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246 | of heat and salt contents is sufficient for the problem solved, then it is |
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247 | sufficient to solve a linearized version of (\ref{Eq_PE_ssh}), which still allows |
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248 | to take into account freshwater fluxes applied at the ocean surface \citep{Roullet_Madec_JGR00}. |
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249 | |
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250 | The filtering of EGWs in models with a free surface is usually a matter of discretisation |
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251 | of the temporal derivatives, using the time splitting method \citep{Killworth_al_JPO91, Zhang_Endoh_JGR92} |
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252 | or the implicit scheme \citep{Dukowicz1994}. In \NEMO, we use a slightly different approach |
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253 | developed by \citet{Roullet_Madec_JGR00}: the damping of EGWs is ensured by introducing an |
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254 | additional force in the momentum equation. \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn} becomes: |
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255 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_flt} |
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256 | \frac{\partial {\rm {\bf U}}_h }{\partial t}= {\rm {\bf M}} |
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257 | - g \nabla \left( \tilde{\rho} \ \eta \right) |
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258 | - g \ T_c \nabla \left( \widetilde{\rho} \ \partial_t \eta \right) |
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259 | \end{equation} |
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260 | where $T_c$, is a parameter with dimensions of time which characterizes the force, |
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261 | $\widetilde{\rho} = \rho / \rho_o$ is the dimensionless density, and $\rm {\bf M}$ |
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262 | represents the collected contributions of the Coriolis, hydrostatic pressure gradient, |
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263 | non-linear and viscous terms in \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn}. |
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265 | The new force can be interpreted as a diffusion of vertically integrated volume flux divergence. |
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266 | The time evolution of $D$ is thus governed by a balance of two terms, $-g$ \textbf{A} $\eta$ |
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267 | and $g \, T_c \,$ \textbf{A} $D$, associated with a propagative regime and a diffusive regime |
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268 | in the temporal spectrum, respectively. In the diffusive regime, the EGWs no longer propagate, |
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269 | $i.e.$ they are stationary and damped. The diffusion regime applies to the modes shorter than |
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270 | $T_c$. For longer ones, the diffusion term vanishes. Hence, the temporally unresolved EGWs |
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271 | can be damped by choosing $T_c > \Delta t$. \citet{Roullet_Madec_JGR00} demonstrate that |
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272 | (\ref{Eq_PE_flt}) can be integrated with a leap frog scheme except the additional term which |
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273 | has to be computed implicitly. This is not surprising since the use of a large time step has a |
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274 | necessarily numerical cost. Two gains arise in comparison with the previous formulations. |
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275 | Firstly, the damping of EGWs can be quantified through the magnitude of the additional term. |
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276 | Secondly, the numerical scheme does not need any tuning. Numerical stability is ensured as |
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277 | soon as $T_c > \Delta t$. |
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278 | |
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279 | When the variations of free surface elevation are small compared to the thickness of the first |
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280 | model layer, the free surface equation (\ref{Eq_PE_ssh}) can be linearized. As emphasized |
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281 | by \citet{Roullet_Madec_JGR00} the linearization of (\ref{Eq_PE_ssh}) has consequences on the |
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282 | conservation of salt in the model. With the nonlinear free surface equation, the time evolution |
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283 | of the total salt content is |
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284 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_salt_content} |
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285 | \frac{\partial }{\partial t}\int\limits_{D\eta } {S\;dv} |
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286 | =\int\limits_S {S\;(-\frac{\partial \eta }{\partial t}-D+P-E)\;ds} |
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287 | \end{equation} |
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288 | where $S$ is the salinity, and the total salt is integrated over the whole ocean volume |
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289 | $D_\eta$ bounded by the time-dependent free surface. The right hand side (which is an |
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290 | integral over the free surface) vanishes when the nonlinear equation (\ref{Eq_PE_ssh}) |
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291 | is satisfied, so that the salt is perfectly conserved. When the free surface equation is |
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292 | linearized, \citet{Roullet_Madec_JGR00} show that the total salt content integrated in the fixed |
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293 | volume $D$ (bounded by the surface $z=0$) is no longer conserved: |
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294 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_salt_content_linear} |
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295 | \frac{\partial }{\partial t}\int\limits_D {S\;dv} |
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296 | = - \int\limits_S {S\;\frac{\partial \eta }{\partial t}ds} |
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297 | \end{equation} |
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298 | |
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299 | The right hand side of (\ref{Eq_PE_salt_content_linear}) is small in equilibrium solutions |
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300 | \citep{Roullet_Madec_JGR00}. It can be significant when the freshwater forcing is not balanced and |
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301 | the globally averaged free surface is drifting. An increase in sea surface height \textit{$\eta $} |
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302 | results in a decrease of the salinity in the fixed volume $D$. Even in that case though, |
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303 | the total salt integrated in the variable volume $D_{\eta}$ varies much less, since |
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304 | (\ref{Eq_PE_salt_content_linear}) can be rewritten as |
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305 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_salt_content_corrected} |
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306 | \frac{\partial }{\partial t}\int\limits_{D\eta } {S\;dv} |
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307 | =\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \left[ \;{\int\limits_D {S\;dv} +\int\limits_S {S\eta \;ds} } \right] |
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308 | =\int\limits_S {\eta \;\frac{\partial S}{\partial t}ds} |
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309 | \end{equation} |
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310 | |
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311 | Although the total salt content is not exactly conserved with the linearized free surface, |
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312 | its variations are driven by correlations of the time variation of surface salinity with the |
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313 | sea surface height, which is a negligible term. This situation contrasts with the case of |
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314 | the rigid lid approximation in which case freshwater forcing is represented by a virtual |
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315 | salt flux, leading to a spurious source of salt at the ocean surface |
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316 | \citep{Huang_JPO93, Roullet_Madec_JGR00}. |
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317 | |
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318 | |
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319 | % ================================================================ |
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320 | % Curvilinear z-coordinate System |
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321 | % ================================================================ |
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322 | \section{Curvilinear \textit{z-}coordinate System} |
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323 | \label{PE_zco} |
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324 | |
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325 | |
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326 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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327 | % Tensorial Formalism |
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328 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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329 | \subsection{Tensorial Formalism} |
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330 | \label{PE_tensorial} |
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331 | |
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332 | In many ocean circulation problems, the flow field has regions of enhanced dynamics |
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333 | ($i.e.$ surface layers, western boundary currents, equatorial currents, or ocean fronts). |
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334 | The representation of such dynamical processes can be improved by specifically increasing |
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335 | the model resolution in these regions. As well, it may be convenient to use a lateral |
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336 | boundary-following coordinate system to better represent coastal dynamics. Moreover, |
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337 | the common geographical coordinate system has a singular point at the North Pole that |
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338 | cannot be easily treated in a global model without filtering. A solution consists of introducing |
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339 | an appropriate coordinate transformation that shifts the singular point onto land |
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340 | \citep{Madec_Imbard_CD96, Murray_JCP96}. As a consequence, it is important to solve the primitive |
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341 | equations in various curvilinear coordinate systems. An efficient way of introducing an |
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342 | appropriate coordinate transform can be found when using a tensorial formalism. |
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343 | This formalism is suited to any multidimensional curvilinear coordinate system. Ocean |
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344 | modellers mainly use three-dimensional orthogonal grids on the sphere (spherical earth |
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345 | approximation), with preservation of the local vertical. Here we give the simplified equations |
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346 | for this particular case. The general case is detailed by \citet{Eiseman1980} in their survey |
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347 | of the conservation laws of fluid dynamics. |
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348 | |
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349 | Let (\textit{i},\textit{j},\textit{k}) be a set of orthogonal curvilinear coordinates on the sphere |
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350 | associated with the positively oriented orthogonal set of unit vectors (\textbf{i},\textbf{j},\textbf{k}) |
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351 | linked to the earth such that \textbf{k} is the local upward vector and (\textbf{i},\textbf{j}) are |
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352 | two vectors orthogonal to \textbf{k}, $i.e.$ along geopotential surfaces (Fig.\ref{Fig_referential}). |
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353 | Let $(\lambda,\varphi,z)$ be the geographical coordinate system in which a position is defined |
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354 | by the latitude $\varphi(i,j)$, the longitude $\lambda(i,j)$ and the distance from the centre of |
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355 | the earth $a+z(k)$ where $a$ is the earth's radius and $z$ the altitude above a reference sea |
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356 | level (Fig.\ref{Fig_referential}). The local deformation of the curvilinear coordinate system is |
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357 | given by $e_1$, $e_2$ and $e_3$, the three scale factors: |
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358 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_scale_factors} |
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359 | \begin{aligned} |
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360 | e_1 &=\left( {a+z} \right)\;\left[ {\left( {\frac{\partial \lambda |
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361 | }{\partial i}\cos \varphi } \right)^2+\left( {\frac{\partial \varphi |
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362 | }{\partial i}} \right)^2} \right]^{1/2} \\ |
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363 | e_2 &=\left( {a+z} \right)\;\left[ {\left( {\frac{\partial \lambda |
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364 | }{\partial j}\cos \varphi } \right)^2+\left( {\frac{\partial \varphi |
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365 | }{\partial j}} \right)^2} \right]^{1/2} \\ |
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366 | e_3 &=\left( {\frac{\partial z}{\partial k}} \right) \\ |
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367 | \end{aligned} |
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368 | \end{equation} |
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369 | |
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370 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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371 | \begin{figure}[!tb] \label{Fig_referential} \begin{center} |
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372 | \includegraphics[width=0.60\textwidth]{./TexFiles/Figures/Fig_I_earth_referential.pdf} |
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373 | \caption{the geographical coordinate system $(\lambda,\varphi,z)$ and the curvilinear |
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374 | coordinate system (\textbf{i},\textbf{j},\textbf{k}). } |
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375 | \end{center} \end{figure} |
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376 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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377 | |
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378 | Since the ocean depth is far smaller than the earth's radius, $a+z$, can be replaced by |
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379 | $a$ in (\ref{Eq_scale_factors}) (thin-shell approximation). The resulting horizontal scale |
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380 | factors $e_1$, $e_2$ are independent of $k$ while the vertical scale factor is a single |
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381 | function of $k$ as \textbf{k} is parallel to \textbf{z}. The scalar and vector operators that |
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382 | appear in the primitive equations (Eqs. \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn} to \eqref{Eq_PE_eos}) can |
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383 | be written in the tensorial form, invariant in any orthogonal horizontal curvilinear coordinate |
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384 | system transformation: |
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385 | \begin{subequations} \label{Eq_PE_discrete_operators} |
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386 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_grad} |
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387 | \nabla q=\frac{1}{e_1 }\frac{\partial q}{\partial i}\;{\rm {\bf |
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388 | i}}+\frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial q}{\partial j}\;{\rm {\bf j}}+\frac{1}{e_3 |
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389 | }\frac{\partial q}{\partial k}\;{\rm {\bf k}} \\ |
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390 | \end{equation} |
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391 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_div} |
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392 | \nabla \cdot {\rm {\bf A}} |
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393 | = \frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left[ |
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394 | \frac{\partial \left(e_2 \; a_1\right)}{\partial i } |
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395 | +\frac{\partial \left(e_1 \; a_2\right)}{\partial j } \right] |
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396 | + \frac{1}{e_3} \left[ \frac{\partial a_3}{\partial k } \right] |
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397 | \end{equation} |
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398 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_curl} |
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399 | \begin{split} |
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400 | \nabla \times \vect{A} = |
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401 | \left[ {\frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial a_3}{\partial j} |
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402 | -\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial a_2 }{\partial k}} \right] \; \vect{i} |
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403 | &+\left[ {\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial a_1 }{\partial k} |
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404 | -\frac{1}{e_1 }\frac{\partial a_3 }{\partial i}} \right] \; \vect{j} \\ |
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405 | &+\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 } \left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 a_2 } \right)}{\partial i} |
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406 | -\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 a_1 } \right)}{\partial j}} \right] \; \vect{k} |
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407 | \end{split} |
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408 | \end{equation} |
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409 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_lap} |
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410 | \Delta q = \nabla \cdot \left( \nabla q \right) |
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411 | \end{equation} |
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412 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_lap_vector} |
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413 | \Delta {\rm {\bf A}} = |
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414 | \nabla \left( \nabla \cdot {\rm {\bf A}} \right) |
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415 | - \nabla \times \left( \nabla \times {\rm {\bf A}} \right) |
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416 | \end{equation} |
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417 | \end{subequations} |
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418 | where $q$ is a scalar quantity and ${\rm {\bf A}}=(a_1,a_2,a_3)$ a vector in the $(i,j,k)$ coordinate system. |
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419 | |
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420 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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421 | % Continuous Model Equations |
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422 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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423 | \subsection{Continuous Model Equations} |
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424 | \label{PE_zco_Eq} |
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425 | |
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426 | In order to express the Primitive Equations in tensorial formalism, it is necessary to compute |
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427 | the horizontal component of the non-linear and viscous terms of the equation using |
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428 | \eqref{Eq_PE_grad}) to \eqref{Eq_PE_lap_vector}. |
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429 | Let us set $\vect U=(u,v,w)={\vect{U}}_h +w\;\vect{k}$, the velocity in the $(i,j,k)$ coordinate |
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430 | system and define the relative vorticity $\zeta$ and the divergence of the horizontal velocity |
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431 | field $\chi$, by: |
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432 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_curl_Uh} |
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433 | \zeta =\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,v} |
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434 | \right)}{\partial i}-\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,u} \right)}{\partial j}} |
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435 | \right] |
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436 | \end{equation} |
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437 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_div_Uh} |
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438 | \chi =\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,u} |
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439 | \right)}{\partial i}+\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,v} \right)}{\partial j}} |
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440 | \right] |
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441 | \end{equation} |
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442 | |
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443 | Using the fact that the horizontal scale factors $e_1$ and $e_2$ are independent of $k$ |
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444 | and that $e_3$ is a function of the single variable $k$, the nonlinear term of |
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445 | \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn} can be transformed as follows: |
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446 | \begin{flalign*} |
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447 | &\left[ {\left( { \nabla \times {\rm {\bf U}} } \right) \times {\rm {\bf U}} |
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448 | +\frac{1}{2} \nabla \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}^2} \right)} \right]_h & |
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449 | \end{flalign*} |
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450 | \begin{flalign*} |
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451 | &\qquad=\left( {{\begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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452 | {\left[ { \frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial u }{\partial k} |
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453 | -\frac{1}{e_1} \frac{\partial w }{\partial i} } \right] w - \zeta \; v } \\ |
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454 | {\zeta \; u - \left[ { \frac{1}{e_2} \frac{\partial w}{\partial j} |
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455 | -\frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial v}{\partial k} } \right] \ w} \\ |
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456 | \end{array} }} \right) |
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457 | +\frac{1}{2} \left( {{\begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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458 | { \frac{1}{e_1} \frac{\partial \left( u^2+v^2+w^2 \right)}{\partial i}} \hfill \\ |
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459 | { \frac{1}{e_2} \frac{\partial \left( u^2+v^2+w^2 \right)}{\partial j}} \hfill \\ |
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460 | \end{array} }} \right) & |
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461 | \end{flalign*} |
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462 | \begin{flalign*} |
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463 | & \qquad =\left( {{ \begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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464 | {-\zeta \; v} \hfill \\ |
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465 | { \zeta \; u} \hfill \\ |
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466 | \end{array} }} \right) |
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467 | +\frac{1}{2}\left( {{ \begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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468 | {\frac{1}{e_1 }\frac{\partial \left( {u^2+v^2} \right)}{\partial i}} \hfill \\ |
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469 | {\frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial \left( {u^2+v^2} \right)}{\partial j}} \hfill \\ |
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470 | \end{array} }} \right) |
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471 | +\frac{1}{e_3 }\left( {{ \begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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472 | { w \; \frac{\partial u}{\partial k}} \\ |
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473 | { w \; \frac{\partial v}{\partial k}} \\ |
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474 | \end{array} }} \right) |
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475 | -\left( {{ \begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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476 | {\frac{w}{e_1}\frac{\partial w}{\partial i} |
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477 | -\frac{1}{2e_1}\frac{\partial w^2}{\partial i}} \hfill \\ |
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478 | {\frac{w}{e_2}\frac{\partial w}{\partial j} |
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479 | -\frac{1}{2e_2}\frac{\partial w^2}{\partial j}} \hfill \\ |
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480 | \end{array} }} \right) & |
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481 | \end{flalign*} |
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482 | |
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483 | The last term of the right hand side is obviously zero, and thus the nonlinear term of |
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484 | \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn} is written in the $(i,j,k)$ coordinate system: |
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485 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_vector_form} |
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486 | \left[ {\left( { \nabla \times {\rm {\bf U}} } \right) \times {\rm {\bf U}} |
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487 | +\frac{1}{2} \nabla \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}^2} \right)} \right]_h |
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488 | =\zeta |
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489 | \;{\rm {\bf k}}\times {\rm {\bf U}}_h +\frac{1}{2}\nabla _h \left( {{\rm |
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490 | {\bf U}}_h^2 } \right)+\frac{1}{e_3 }w\frac{\partial {\rm {\bf U}}_h |
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491 | }{\partial k} |
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492 | \end{equation} |
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493 | |
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494 | This is the so-called \textit{vector invariant form} of the momentum advection term. |
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495 | For some purposes, it can be advantageous to write this term in the so-called flux form, |
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496 | $i.e.$ to write it as the divergence of fluxes. For example, the first component of |
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497 | \eqref{Eq_PE_vector_form} (the $i$-component) is transformed as follows: |
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498 | \begin{flalign*} |
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499 | &{ \begin{array}{*{20}l} |
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500 | \left[ {\left( {\nabla \times \vect{U}} \right)\times \vect{U} |
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501 | +\frac{1}{2}\nabla \left( {\vect{U}}^2 \right)} \right]_i % \\ |
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502 | %\\ |
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503 | = - \zeta \;v |
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504 | + \frac{1}{2\;e_1 } \frac{\partial \left( {u^2+v^2} \right)}{\partial i} |
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505 | + \frac{1}{e_3}w \ \frac{\partial u}{\partial k} \\ |
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506 | \\ |
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507 | \qquad =\frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left( -v\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,v} \right)}{\partial i} |
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508 | +v\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,u} \right)}{\partial j} \right) |
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509 | +\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left( +e_2 \; u\frac{\partial u}{\partial i} |
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510 | +e_2 \; v\frac{\partial v}{\partial i} \right) |
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511 | +\frac{1}{e_3} \left( w\;\frac{\partial u}{\partial k} \right) \\ |
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512 | \end{array} } & |
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513 | \end{flalign*} |
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514 | \begin{flalign*} |
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515 | &{ \begin{array}{*{20}l} |
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516 | \qquad =\frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left\{ |
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517 | -\left( v^2 \frac{\partial e_2 }{\partial i} |
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518 | +e_2 \,v \frac{\partial v }{\partial i} \right) |
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519 | +\left( \frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,u\,v} \right)}{\partial j} |
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520 | -e_1 \,u \frac{\partial v }{\partial j} \right) \right. |
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521 | \\ \left. \qquad \qquad \quad |
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522 | +\left( \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 u\,u} \right)}{\partial i} |
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523 | -u \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 u} \right)}{\partial i} \right) |
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524 | +e_2 v \frac{\partial v }{\partial i} |
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525 | \right\} |
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526 | +\frac{1}{e_3} \left( |
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527 | \frac{\partial \left( {w\,u} \right) }{\partial k} |
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528 | -u \frac{\partial w }{\partial k} \right) \\ |
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529 | \end{array} } & |
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530 | \end{flalign*} |
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531 | \begin{flalign*} |
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532 | &{ \begin{array}{*{20}l} |
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533 | \qquad =\frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left( |
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534 | \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,u\,u} \right)}{\partial i} |
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535 | + \frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,u\,v} \right)}{\partial j} \right) |
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536 | +\frac{1}{e_3 } \frac{\partial \left( {w\,u } \right)}{\partial k} |
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537 | \\ \qquad \qquad \quad |
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538 | +\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 } \left( |
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539 | -u \left( \frac{\partial \left( {e_1 v } \right)}{\partial j} |
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540 | -v\,\frac{\partial e_1 }{\partial j} \right) |
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541 | -u \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 u } \right)}{\partial i} |
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542 | \right) |
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543 | -\frac{1}{e_3 } \frac{\partial w}{\partial k} u |
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544 | +\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left( -v^2\frac{\partial e_2 }{\partial i} \right) |
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545 | \end{array} } & |
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546 | \end{flalign*} |
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547 | \begin{flalign*} |
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548 | &{ \begin{array}{*{20}l} |
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549 | \qquad = \nabla \cdot \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}\,u} \right) |
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550 | - \left( \nabla \cdot {\rm {\bf U}} \right) \ u |
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551 | +\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left( |
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552 | -v^2 \frac{\partial e_2 }{\partial i} |
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553 | +uv \, \frac{\partial e_1 }{\partial j} \right) \\ |
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554 | \end{array} } & |
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555 | \end{flalign*} |
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556 | as $\nabla \cdot {\rm {\bf U}}\;=0$ (incompressibility) it comes: |
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557 | \begin{flalign*} |
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558 | &{ \begin{array}{*{20}l} |
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559 | \qquad = \nabla \cdot \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}\,u} \right) |
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560 | + \frac{1}{e_1 e_2 } \left( v \; \frac{\partial e_2}{\partial i} |
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561 | -u \; \frac{\partial e_1}{\partial j} \right) \left( -v \right) |
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562 | \end{array} } & |
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563 | \end{flalign*} |
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564 | |
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565 | The flux form of the momentum advection term is therefore given by: |
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566 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_flux_form} |
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567 | \left[ |
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568 | \left( {\nabla \times {\rm {\bf U}}} \right) \times {\rm {\bf U}} |
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569 | +\frac{1}{2} \nabla \left( {{\rm {\bf U}}^2} \right) |
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570 | \right]_h |
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571 | \\ |
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572 | = \nabla \cdot \left( {{\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\rm {\bf U}} \, u \hfill \\ |
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573 | {\rm {\bf U}} \, v \hfill \\ |
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574 | \end{array} }} |
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575 | \right) |
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576 | +\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 } \left( |
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577 | v\frac{\partial e_2}{\partial i} |
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578 | -u\frac{\partial e_1}{\partial j} |
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579 | \right) {\rm {\bf k}} \times {\rm {\bf U}}_h |
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580 | \end{multline} |
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581 | |
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582 | The flux form has two terms, the first one is expressed as the divergence of momentum |
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583 | fluxes (hence the flux form name given to this formulation) and the second one is due to |
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584 | the curvilinear nature of the coordinate system used. The latter is called the \emph{metric} |
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585 | term and can be viewed as a modification of the Coriolis parameter: |
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586 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_cor+metric} |
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587 | f \to f + \frac{1}{e_1\;e_2} \left( v \frac{\partial e_2}{\partial i} |
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588 | -u \frac{\partial e_1}{\partial j} \right) |
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589 | \end{equation} |
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590 | |
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591 | Note that in the case of geographical coordinate, $i.e.$ when $(i,j) \to (\lambda ,\varphi )$ |
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592 | and $(e_1 ,e_2) \to (a \,\cos \varphi ,a)$, we recover the commonly used modification of |
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593 | the Coriolis parameter $f \to f+(u/a) \tan \varphi$. |
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594 | |
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595 | |
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596 | $\ $\newline % force a new ligne |
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597 | |
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598 | To sum up, the equations solved by the ocean model can be written in the following tensorial formalism: |
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599 | |
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600 | \vspace{+10pt} |
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601 | $\bullet$ \textbf{Vector invariant form of the momentum equations} : |
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602 | |
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603 | \begin{subequations} \label{Eq_PE_dyn_vect} |
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604 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_dyn_vect_u} \begin{split} |
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605 | \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} |
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606 | = + \left( {\zeta +f} \right)\,v |
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607 | - \frac{1}{2\,e_1} \frac{\partial}{\partial i} \left( u^2+v^2 \right) |
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608 | - \frac{1}{e_3 } w \frac{\partial u}{\partial k} & \\ |
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609 | - \frac{1}{e_1 } \frac{\partial}{\partial i} \left( \frac{p_s+p_h }{\rho _o} \right) |
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610 | &+ D_u^{\vect{U}} + F_u^{\vect{U}} \\ |
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611 | \\ |
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612 | \frac{\partial v}{\partial t} = |
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613 | - \left( {\zeta +f} \right)\,u |
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614 | - \frac{1}{2\,e_2 } \frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( u^2+v^2 \right) |
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615 | - \frac{1}{e_3 } w \frac{\partial v}{\partial k} & \\ |
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616 | - \frac{1}{e_2 } \frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( \frac{p_s+p_h }{\rho _o} \right) |
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617 | &+ D_v^{\vect{U}} + F_v^{\vect{U}} |
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618 | \end{split} \end{equation} |
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619 | \end{subequations} |
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620 | |
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621 | |
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622 | \vspace{+10pt} |
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623 | $\bullet$ \textbf{flux form of the momentum equations} : |
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624 | \begin{subequations} \label{Eq_PE_dyn_flux} |
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625 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_dyn_flux_u} |
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626 | \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}= |
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627 | + \left( { f + \frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} |
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628 | \left( v \frac{\partial e_2}{\partial i} |
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629 | -u \frac{\partial e_1}{\partial j} \right)} \right) \, v \\ |
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630 | - \frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left( |
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631 | \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,u\,u} \right)}{\partial i} |
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632 | + \frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,v\,u} \right)}{\partial j} \right) |
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633 | - \frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial \left( { w\,u} \right)}{\partial k} \\ |
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634 | - \frac{1}{e_1 }\frac{\partial}{\partial i}\left( \frac{p_s+p_h }{\rho _o} \right) |
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635 | + D_u^{\vect{U}} + F_u^{\vect{U}} |
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636 | \end{multline} |
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637 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_dyn_flux_v} |
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638 | \frac{\partial v}{\partial t}= |
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639 | - \left( { f + \frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} |
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640 | \left( v \frac{\partial e_2}{\partial i} |
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641 | -u \frac{\partial e_1}{\partial j} \right)} \right) \, u \\ |
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642 | \frac{1}{e_1 \; e_2} \left( |
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643 | \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 \,u\,v} \right)}{\partial i} |
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644 | + \frac{\partial \left( {e_1 \,v\,v} \right)}{\partial j} \right) |
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645 | - \frac{1}{e_3 } \frac{\partial \left( { w\,v} \right)}{\partial k} \\ |
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646 | - \frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( \frac{p_s+p_h }{\rho _o} \right) |
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647 | + D_v^{\vect{U}} + F_v^{\vect{U}} |
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648 | \end{multline} |
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649 | \end{subequations} |
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650 | where $\zeta$, the relative vorticity, is given by \eqref{Eq_PE_curl_Uh} and $p_s $, |
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651 | the surface pressure, is given by: |
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652 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_spg} |
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653 | p_s = \left\{ \begin{split} |
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654 | \rho \,g \,\eta & \qquad \qquad \; \qquad \text{ standard free surface} \\ |
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655 | \rho \,g \,\eta &+ \rho_o \,\mu \,\frac{\partial \eta }{\partial t} \qquad \text{ filtered free surface} |
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656 | \end{split} |
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657 | \right. |
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658 | \end{equation} |
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659 | with $\eta$ is solution of \eqref{Eq_PE_ssh} |
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660 | |
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661 | The vertical velocity and the hydrostatic pressure are diagnosed from the following equations: |
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662 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_w_diag} |
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663 | \frac{\partial w}{\partial k}=-\chi \;e_3 |
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664 | \end{equation} |
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665 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_hp_diag} |
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666 | \frac{\partial p_h }{\partial k}=-\rho \;g\;e_3 |
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667 | \end{equation} |
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668 | where the divergence of the horizontal velocity, $\chi$ is given by \eqref{Eq_PE_div_Uh}. |
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669 | |
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670 | \vspace{+10pt} |
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671 | $\bullet$ \textit{tracer equations} : |
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672 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_S} |
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673 | \frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = |
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674 | -\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left[ { \frac{\partial \left( {e_2 T\,u} \right)}{\partial i} |
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675 | +\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 T\,v} \right)}{\partial j}} \right] |
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676 | -\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial \left( {T\,w} \right)}{\partial k} + D^T + F^T |
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677 | \end{equation} |
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678 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_T} |
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679 | \frac{\partial S}{\partial t} = |
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680 | -\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 S\,u} \right)}{\partial i} |
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681 | +\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 S\,v} \right)}{\partial j}} \right] |
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682 | -\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial \left( {S\,w} \right)}{\partial k} + D^S + F^S |
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683 | \end{equation} |
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684 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_rho} |
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685 | \rho =\rho \left( {T,S,z(k)} \right) |
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686 | \end{equation} |
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687 | |
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688 | The expression of \textbf{D}$^{U}$, $D^{S}$ and $D^{T}$ depends on the subgrid scale |
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689 | parameterisation used. It will be defined in \S\ref{PE_zdf}. The nature and formulation of |
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690 | ${\rm {\bf F}}^{\rm {\bf U}}$, $F^T$ and $F^S$, the surface forcing terms, are discussed |
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691 | in Chapter~\ref{SBC}. |
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692 | |
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693 | |
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694 | \newpage |
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695 | % ================================================================ |
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696 | % Curvilinear s-coordinate System |
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697 | % ================================================================ |
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698 | \section{Curvilinear \textit{s}-coordinate System} |
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699 | \label{PE_sco} |
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700 | |
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701 | |
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702 | |
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703 | |
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704 | |
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705 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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706 | % Curvilinear z*-coordinate System |
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707 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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708 | \subsection{Curvilinear \textit{z*}-coordinate System} |
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709 | \label{PE_zco_star} |
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710 | |
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711 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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712 | \begin{figure}[!b] \label{Fig_z_zstar} \begin{center} |
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713 | \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{./TexFiles/Figures/Fig_z_zstar.pdf} |
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714 | \caption{(a) $z$-coordinate in linear free-surface case ; (b) $z-$coordinate in non-linear |
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715 | free surface case (c) re-scaled height coordinate (become popular as the \textit{z*-}coordinate |
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716 | \citep{Adcroft_Campin_OM04} ).} |
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717 | \end{center} \end{figure} |
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718 | %>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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719 | |
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720 | |
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721 | In that case, the free surface equation is nonlinear, and the variations of volume are fully |
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722 | taken into account. These coordinates systems is presented in a report \citep{Levier2007} |
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723 | available on the \NEMO web site. |
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724 | |
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725 | \gmcomment{ |
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726 | The \textit{z*} coordinate approach is an unapproximated, non-linear free surface implementation |
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727 | which allows one to deal with large amplitude free-surface |
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728 | variations relative to the vertical resolution \citep{Adcroft_Campin_OM04}. In |
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729 | the \textit{z*} formulation, the variation of the column thickness due to sea-surface |
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730 | undulations is not concentrated in the surface level, as in the $z$-coordinate formulation, |
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731 | but is equally distributed over the full water column. Thus vertical |
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732 | levels naturally follow sea-surface variations, with a linear attenuation with |
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733 | depth, as illustrated by figure fig.1c . Note that with a flat bottom, such as in |
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734 | fig.1c, the bottom-following $z$ coordinate and \textit{z*} are equivalent. |
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735 | The definition and modified oceanic equations for the rescaled vertical coordinate |
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736 | \textit{z*}, including the treatment of fresh-water flux at the surface, are |
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737 | detailed in Adcroft and Campin (2004). The major points are summarized |
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738 | here. The position ( \textit{z*}) and vertical discretization (\textit{z*}) are expressed as: |
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739 | |
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740 | $H + \textit{z*} = (H + z) / r$ and $\delta \textit{z*} = \delta z / r$ with $r = \frac{H+\eta} {H}$ |
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741 | |
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742 | Since the vertical displacement of the free surface is incorporated in the vertical |
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743 | coordinate \textit{z*}, the upper and lower boundaries are at fixed \textit{z*} position, |
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744 | $\textit{z*} = 0$ and $\textit{z*} = ?H$ respectively. Also the divergence of the flow field |
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745 | is no longer zero as shown by the continuity equation: |
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746 | |
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747 | $\frac{\partial r}{\partial t} = \nabla_{\textit{z*}} \cdot \left( r \; \rm{\bf U}_h \right) |
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748 | \left( r \; w\textit{*} \right) = 0 $ |
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749 | |
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750 | } |
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751 | |
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752 | |
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753 | \newpage |
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754 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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755 | % Terrain following coordinate System |
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756 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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757 | \subsection{Terrain following \textit{s-}coordinate} |
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758 | \label{PE_sco} |
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759 | |
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760 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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761 | % Introduction |
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762 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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763 | \subsubsection{Introduction} |
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764 | |
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765 | Several important aspects of the ocean circulation are influenced by bottom topography. |
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766 | Of course, the most important is that bottom topography determines deep ocean sub-basins, |
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767 | barriers, sills and channels that strongly constrain the path of water masses, but more subtle |
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768 | effects exist. For example, the topographic $\beta$-effect is usually larger than the planetary |
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769 | one along continental slopes. Topographic Rossby waves can be excited and can interact |
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770 | with the mean current. In the $z-$coordinate system presented in the previous section |
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771 | (\S\ref{PE_zco}), $z-$surfaces are geopotential surfaces. The bottom topography is |
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772 | discretised by steps. This often leads to a misrepresentation of a gradually sloping bottom |
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773 | and to large localized depth gradients associated with large localized vertical velocities. |
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774 | The response to such a velocity field often leads to numerical dispersion effects. |
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775 | One solution to strongly reduce this error is to use a partial step representation of bottom |
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776 | topography instead of a full step one \cite{Pacanowski_Gnanadesikan_MWR98}. |
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777 | Another solution is to introduce a terrain-following coordinate system (hereafter $s-$coordinate) |
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778 | |
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779 | The $s$-coordinate avoids the discretisation error in the depth field since the layers of |
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780 | computation are gradually adjusted with depth to the ocean bottom. Relatively small |
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781 | topographic features as well as gentle, large-scale slopes of the sea floor in the deep |
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782 | ocean, which would be ignored in typical $z$-model applications with the largest grid |
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783 | spacing at greatest depths, can easily be represented (with relatively low vertical resolution). |
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784 | A terrain-following model (hereafter $s-$model) also facilitates the modelling of the |
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785 | boundary layer flows over a large depth range, which in the framework of the $z$-model |
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786 | would require high vertical resolution over the whole depth range. Moreover, with a |
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787 | $s$-coordinate it is possible, at least in principle, to have the bottom and the sea surface |
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788 | as the only boundaries of the domain (nomore lateral boundary condition to specify). |
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789 | Nevertheless, a $s$-coordinate also has its drawbacks. Perfectly adapted to a |
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790 | homogeneous ocean, it has strong limitations as soon as stratification is introduced. |
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791 | The main two problems come from the truncation error in the horizontal pressure |
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792 | gradient and a possibly increased diapycnal diffusion. The horizontal pressure force |
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793 | in $s$-coordinate consists of two terms (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_A}), |
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794 | |
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795 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_p_sco} |
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796 | \left. {\nabla p} \right|_z =\left. {\nabla p} \right|_s -\frac{\partial |
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797 | p}{\partial s}\left. {\nabla z} \right|_s |
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798 | \end{equation} |
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799 | |
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800 | The second term in \eqref{Eq_PE_p_sco} depends on the tilt of the coordinate surface |
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801 | and introduces a truncation error that is not present in a $z$-model. In the special case |
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802 | of a $\sigma-$coordinate (i.e. a depth-normalised coordinate system $\sigma = z/H$), |
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803 | \citet{Haney1991} and \citet{Beckmann1993} have given estimates of the magnitude |
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804 | of this truncation error. It depends on topographic slope, stratification, horizontal and |
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805 | vertical resolution, the equation of state, and the finite difference scheme. This error |
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806 | limits the possible topographic slopes that a model can handle at a given horizontal |
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807 | and vertical resolution. This is a severe restriction for large-scale applications using |
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808 | realistic bottom topography. The large-scale slopes require high horizontal resolution, |
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809 | and the computational cost becomes prohibitive. This problem can be at least partially |
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810 | overcome by mixing $s$-coordinate and step-like representation of bottom topography \citep{Gerdes1993a,Gerdes1993b,Madec_al_JPO96}. However, the definition of the model |
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811 | domain vertical coordinate becomes then a non-trivial thing for a realistic bottom |
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812 | topography: a envelope topography is defined in $s$-coordinate on which a full or |
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813 | partial step bottom topography is then applied in order to adjust the model depth to |
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814 | the observed one (see \S\ref{DOM_zgr}. |
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815 | |
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816 | For numerical reasons a minimum of diffusion is required along the coordinate surfaces |
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817 | of any finite difference model. It causes spurious diapycnal mixing when coordinate |
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818 | surfaces do not coincide with isoneutral surfaces. This is the case for a $z$-model as |
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819 | well as for a $s$-model. However, density varies more strongly on $s-$surfaces than |
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820 | on horizontal surfaces in regions of large topographic slopes, implying larger diapycnal |
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821 | diffusion in a $s$-model than in a $z$-model. Whereas such a diapycnal diffusion in a |
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822 | $z$-model tends to weaken horizontal density (pressure) gradients and thus the horizontal |
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823 | circulation, it usually reinforces these gradients in a $s$-model, creating spurious circulation. |
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824 | For example, imagine an isolated bump of topography in an ocean at rest with a horizontally |
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825 | uniform stratification. Spurious diffusion along $s$-surfaces will induce a bump of isoneutral |
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826 | surfaces over the topography, and thus will generate there a baroclinic eddy. In contrast, |
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827 | the ocean will stay at rest in a $z$-model. As for the truncation error, the problem can be reduced by introducing the terrain-following coordinate below the strongly stratified portion of the water column |
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828 | ($i.e.$ the main thermocline) \citep{Madec_al_JPO96}. An alternate solution consists of rotating |
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829 | the lateral diffusive tensor to geopotential or to isoneutral surfaces (see \S\ref{PE_ldf}. |
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830 | Unfortunately, the slope of isoneutral surfaces relative to the $s$-surfaces can very large, |
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831 | strongly exceeding the stability limit of such a operator when it is discretized (see Chapter~\ref{LDF}). |
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832 | |
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833 | The $s-$coordinates introduced here \citep{Lott_al_OM90,Madec_al_JPO96} differ mainly in two |
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834 | aspects from similar models: it allows a representation of bottom topography with mixed |
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835 | full or partial step-like/terrain following topography ; It also offers a completely general |
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836 | transformation, $s=s(i,j,z)$ for the vertical coordinate. |
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837 | |
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838 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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839 | % The s-coordinate Formulation |
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840 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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841 | \subsubsection{The \textit{s-}coordinate Formulation} |
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842 | |
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843 | Starting from the set of equations established in \S\ref{PE_zco} for the special case $k=z$ |
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844 | and thus $e_3=1$, we introduce an arbitrary vertical coordinate $s=s(i,j,k,t)$, which includes |
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845 | $z$-, \textit{z*}- and $\sigma-$coordinates as special cases ($s=z$, $s=\textit{z*}$, and |
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846 | $s=\sigma=z/H$ or $=z/\left(H+\eta \right)$, resp.). A formal derivation of the transformed |
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847 | equations is given in Appendix~\ref{Apdx_A}. Let us define the vertical scale factor by |
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848 | $e_3=\partial_s z$ ($e_3$ is now a function of $(i,j,k,t)$ ), and the slopes in the |
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849 | (\textbf{i},\textbf{j}) directions between $s-$ and $z-$surfaces by : |
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850 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_sco_slope} |
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851 | \sigma _1 =\frac{1}{e_1 }\;\left. {\frac{\partial z}{\partial i}} \right|_s |
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852 | \quad \text{, and } \quad |
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853 | \sigma _2 =\frac{1}{e_2 }\;\left. {\frac{\partial z}{\partial j}} \right|_s |
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854 | \end{equation} |
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855 | We also introduce $\omega $, a dia-surface velocity component, defined as the velocity |
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856 | relative to the moving $s$-surfaces and normal to them: |
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857 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_sco_w} |
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858 | \omega = w - e_3 \, \frac{\partial s}{\partial t} - \sigma _1 \,u - \sigma _2 \,v \\ |
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859 | \end{equation} |
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860 | |
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861 | The equations solved by the ocean model \eqref{Eq_PE} in $s-$coordinate can be written as follows: |
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862 | |
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863 | \vspace{0.5cm} |
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864 | * momentum equation: |
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865 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_sco_u} |
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866 | \frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial \left( e_3\,u \right) }{\partial t}= |
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867 | + \left( {\zeta +f} \right)\,v |
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868 | - \frac{1}{2\,e_1} \frac{\partial}{\partial i} \left( u^2+v^2 \right) |
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869 | - \frac{1}{e_3} \omega \frac{\partial u}{\partial k} \\ |
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870 | - \frac{1}{e_1} \frac{\partial}{\partial i} \left( \frac{p_s + p_h}{\rho _o} \right) |
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871 | + g\frac{\rho }{\rho _o}\sigma _1 |
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872 | + D_u^{\vect{U}} + F_u^{\vect{U}} \quad |
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873 | \end{multline} |
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874 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_sco_v} |
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875 | \frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial \left( e_3\,v \right) }{\partial t}= |
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876 | - \left( {\zeta +f} \right)\,u |
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877 | - \frac{1}{2\,e_2 }\frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( u^2+v^2 \right) |
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878 | - \frac{1}{e_3 } \omega \frac{\partial v}{\partial k} \\ |
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879 | - \frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( \frac{p_s+p_h }{\rho _o} \right) |
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880 | + g\frac{\rho }{\rho _o }\sigma _2 |
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881 | + D_v^{\vect{U}} + F_v^{\vect{U}} \quad |
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882 | \end{multline} |
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883 | where the relative vorticity, \textit{$\zeta $}, the surface pressure gradient, and the hydrostatic |
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884 | pressure have the same expressions as in $z$-coordinates although they do not represent |
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885 | exactly the same quantities. $\omega$ is provided by the continuity equation |
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886 | (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_A}): |
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887 | |
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888 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_sco_continuity} |
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889 | \frac{\partial e_3}{\partial t} + e_3 \; \chi + \frac{\partial \omega }{\partial s} = 0 |
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890 | \qquad \text{with }\;\; |
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891 | \chi =\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 e_3 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 e_3 \,u} |
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892 | \right)}{\partial i}+\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 e_3 \,v} \right)}{\partial |
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893 | j}} \right] |
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894 | \end{equation} |
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895 | |
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896 | \vspace{0.5cm} |
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897 | * tracer equations: |
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898 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_sco_t} |
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899 | \frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial \left( e_3\,T \right) }{\partial t}= |
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900 | -\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 e_3 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 e_3\,u\,T} \right)}{\partial i} |
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901 | +\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 e_3\,v\,T} \right)}{\partial j}} \right] \\ |
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902 | -\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial \left( {T\,\omega } \right)}{\partial k} + D^T + F^S \qquad |
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903 | \end{multline} |
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904 | |
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905 | \begin{multline} \label{Eq_PE_sco_s} |
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906 | \frac{1}{e_3} \frac{\partial \left( e_3\,S \right) }{\partial t}= |
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907 | -\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 e_3 }\left[ {\frac{\partial \left( {e_2 e_3\,u\,S} \right)}{\partial i} |
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908 | +\frac{\partial \left( {e_1 e_3\,v\,S} \right)}{\partial j}} \right] \\ |
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909 | -\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial \left( {S\,\omega } \right)}{\partial k} + D^S + F^S \qquad |
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910 | \end{multline} |
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911 | |
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912 | The equation of state has the same expression as in $z$-coordinate, and similar expressions |
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913 | are used for mixing and forcing terms. |
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914 | |
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915 | \gmcomment{ |
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916 | \colorbox{yellow}{ to be updated $= = >$} |
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917 | Add a few works on z and zps and s and underlies the differences between all of them |
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918 | \colorbox{yellow}{ $< = =$ end update} } |
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919 | |
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920 | |
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921 | |
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922 | \newpage |
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923 | % ================================================================ |
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924 | % Subgrid Scale Physics |
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925 | % ================================================================ |
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926 | \section{Subgrid Scale Physics} |
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927 | \label{PE_zdf_ldf} |
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928 | |
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929 | The primitive equations describe the behaviour of a geophysical fluid at |
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930 | space and time scales larger than a few kilometres in the horizontal, a few |
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931 | meters in the vertical and a few minutes. They are usually solved at larger |
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932 | scales: the specified grid spacing and time step of the numerical model. The |
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933 | effects of smaller scale motions (coming from the advective terms in the |
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934 | Navier-Stokes equations) must be represented entirely in terms of |
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935 | large-scale patterns to close the equations. These effects appear in the |
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936 | equations as the divergence of turbulent fluxes ($i.e.$ fluxes associated with |
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937 | the mean correlation of small scale perturbations). Assuming a turbulent |
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938 | closure hypothesis is equivalent to choose a formulation for these fluxes. |
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939 | It is usually called the subgrid scale physics. It must be emphasized that |
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940 | this is the weakest part of the primitive equations, but also one of the |
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941 | most important for long-term simulations as small scale processes \textit{in fine} |
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942 | balance the surface input of kinetic energy and heat. |
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943 | |
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944 | The control exerted by gravity on the flow induces a strong anisotropy |
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945 | between the lateral and vertical motions. Therefore subgrid-scale physics |
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946 | \textbf{D}$^{\vect{U}}$, $D^{S}$ and $D^{T}$ in \eqref{Eq_PE_dyn}, |
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947 | \eqref{Eq_PE_tra_T} and \eqref{Eq_PE_tra_S} are divided into a lateral part |
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948 | \textbf{D}$^{l \vect{U}}$, $D^{lS}$ and $D^{lT}$ and a vertical part |
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949 | \textbf{D}$^{vU}$, $D^{vS}$ and $D^{vT}$. The formulation of these terms |
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950 | and their underlying physics are briefly discussed in the next two subsections. |
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951 | |
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952 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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953 | % Vertical Subgrid Scale Physics |
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954 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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955 | \subsection{Vertical Subgrid Scale Physics} |
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956 | \label{PE_zdf} |
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957 | |
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958 | The model resolution is always larger than the scale at which the major |
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959 | sources of vertical turbulence occur (shear instability, internal wave |
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960 | breaking...). Turbulent motions are thus never explicitly solved, even |
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961 | partially, but always parameterized. The vertical turbulent fluxes are |
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962 | assumed to depend linearly on the gradients of large-scale quantities (for |
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963 | example, the turbulent heat flux is given by $\overline{T'w'}=-A^{vT} \partial_z \overline T$, |
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964 | where $A^{vT}$ is an eddy coefficient). This formulation is |
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965 | analogous to that of molecular diffusion and dissipation. This is quite |
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966 | clearly a necessary compromise: considering only the molecular viscosity |
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967 | acting on large scale severely underestimates the role of turbulent |
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968 | diffusion and dissipation, while an accurate consideration of the details of |
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969 | turbulent motions is simply impractical. The resulting vertical momentum and |
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970 | tracer diffusive operators are of second order: |
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971 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_zdf} |
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972 | \begin{split} |
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973 | {\vect{D}}^{v \vect{U}} &=\frac{\partial }{\partial z}\left( {A^{vm}\frac{\partial {\vect{U}}_h }{\partial z}} \right) \ , \\ |
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974 | D^{vT} &= \frac{\partial }{\partial z}\left( {A^{vT}\frac{\partial T}{\partial z}} \right) \ , |
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975 | \quad |
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976 | D^{vS}=\frac{\partial }{\partial z}\left( {A^{vT}\frac{\partial S}{\partial z}} \right) |
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977 | \end{split} |
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978 | \end{equation} |
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979 | where $A^{vm}$ and $A^{vT}$ are the vertical eddy viscosity and diffusivity coefficients, |
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980 | respectively. At the sea surface and at the bottom, turbulent fluxes of momentum, heat |
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981 | and salt must be specified (see Chap.~\ref{SBC} and \ref{ZDF} and \S\ref{TRA_bbl}). |
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982 | All the vertical physics is embedded in the specification of the eddy coefficients. |
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983 | They can be assumed to be either constant, or function of the local fluid properties |
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984 | ($e.g.$ Richardson number, Brunt-Vais\"{a}l\"{a} frequency...), or computed from a |
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985 | turbulent closure model. The choices available in \NEMO are discussed in \S\ref{ZDF}). |
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986 | |
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987 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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988 | % Lateral Diffusive and Viscous Operators Formulation |
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989 | % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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990 | \subsection{Lateral Diffusive and Viscous Operators Formulation} |
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991 | \label{PE_ldf} |
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992 | |
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993 | Lateral turbulence can be roughly divided into a mesoscale turbulence |
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994 | associated with eddies (which can be solved explicitly if the resolution is |
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995 | sufficient since their underlying physics are included in the primitive |
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996 | equations), and a sub mesoscale turbulence which is never explicitly solved |
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997 | even partially, but always parameterized. The formulation of lateral eddy |
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998 | fluxes depends on whether the mesoscale is below or above the grid-spacing |
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999 | ($i.e.$ the model is eddy-resolving or not). |
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1000 | |
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1001 | In non-eddy-resolving configurations, the closure is similar to that used |
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1002 | for the vertical physics. The lateral turbulent fluxes are assumed to depend |
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1003 | linearly on the lateral gradients of large-scale quantities. The resulting |
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1004 | lateral diffusive and dissipative operators are of second order. |
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1005 | Observations show that lateral mixing induced by mesoscale turbulence tends |
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1006 | to be along isopycnal surfaces (or more precisely neutral surfaces \cite{McDougall1987}) |
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1007 | rather than across them. |
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1008 | As the slope of neutral surfaces is small in the ocean, a common |
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1009 | approximation is to assume that the `lateral' direction is the horizontal, |
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1010 | $i.e.$ the lateral mixing is performed along geopotential surfaces. This leads |
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1011 | to a geopotential second order operator for lateral subgrid scale physics. |
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1012 | This assumption can be relaxed: the eddy-induced turbulent fluxes can be |
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1013 | better approached by assuming that they depend linearly on the gradients of |
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1014 | large-scale quantities computed along neutral surfaces. In such a case, |
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1015 | the diffusive operator is an isoneutral second order operator and it has |
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1016 | components in the three space directions. However, both horizontal and |
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1017 | isoneutral operators have no effect on mean ($i.e.$ large scale) potential |
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1018 | energy whereas potential energy is a main source of turbulence (through |
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1019 | baroclinic instabilities). \citet{Gent1990} have proposed a |
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1020 | parameterisation of mesoscale eddy-induced turbulence which associates an |
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1021 | eddy-induced velocity to the isoneutral diffusion. Its mean effect is to |
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1022 | reduce the mean potential energy of the ocean. This leads to a formulation |
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1023 | of lateral subgrid-scale physics made up of an isoneutral second order |
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1024 | operator and an eddy induced advective part. In all these lateral diffusive |
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1025 | formulations, the specification of the lateral eddy coefficients remains the |
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1026 | problematic point as there is no really satisfactory formulation of these |
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1027 | coefficients as a function of large-scale features. |
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1028 | |
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1029 | In eddy-resolving configurations, a second order operator can be used, but |
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1030 | usually a more scale selective one (biharmonic operator) is preferred as the |
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1031 | grid-spacing is usually not small enough compared to the scale of the |
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1032 | eddies. The role devoted to the subgrid-scale physics is to dissipate the |
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1033 | energy that cascades toward the grid scale and thus ensures the stability of |
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1034 | the model while not interfering with the solved mesoscale activity. Another approach |
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1035 | is becoming more and more popular: instead of specifying explicitly a sub-grid scale |
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1036 | term in the momentum and tracer time evolution equations, one uses a advective |
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1037 | scheme which is diffusive enough to maintain the model stability. It must be emphasised |
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1038 | that then, all the sub-grid scale physics is in this case include in the formulation of the |
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1039 | advection scheme. |
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1040 | |
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1041 | All these parameterisations of subgrid scale physics present advantages and |
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1042 | drawbacks. There are not all available in \NEMO. In the $z$-coordinate |
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1043 | formulation, five options are offered for active tracers (temperature and |
---|
1044 | salinity): second order geopotential operator, second order isoneutral |
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1045 | operator, \citet{Gent1990} parameterisation, fourth order |
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1046 | geopotential operator, and various slightly diffusive advection schemes. |
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1047 | The same options are available for momentum, except |
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1048 | \citet{Gent1990} parameterisation which only involves tracers. In the |
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1049 | $s$-coordinate formulation, additional options are offered for tracers: second |
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1050 | order operator acting along $s-$surfaces, and for momentum: fourth order |
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1051 | operator acting along $s-$surfaces (see \S\ref{LDF}). |
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1052 | |
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1053 | \subsubsection{lateral second order tracer diffusive operator} |
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1054 | |
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1055 | The lateral second order tracer diffusive operator is defined by (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_B}): |
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1056 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_iso_tensor} |
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1057 | D^{lT}=\nabla {\rm {\bf .}}\left( {A^{lT}\;\Re \;\nabla T} \right) \qquad |
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1058 | \mbox{with}\quad \;\;\Re =\left( {{\begin{array}{*{20}c} |
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1059 | 1 \hfill & 0 \hfill & {-r_1 } \hfill \\ |
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1060 | 0 \hfill & 1 \hfill & {-r_2 } \hfill \\ |
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1061 | {-r_1 } \hfill & {-r_2 } \hfill & {r_1 ^2+r_2 ^2} \hfill \\ |
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1062 | \end{array} }} \right) |
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1063 | \end{equation} |
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1064 | where $r_1 \;\mbox{and}\;r_2 $ are the slopes between the surface along |
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1065 | which the diffusive operator acts and the model level ($e. g.$ $z$- or |
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1066 | $s$-surfaces). Note that the formulation \eqref{Eq_PE_iso_tensor} is exact for the |
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1067 | rotation between geopotential and $s$-surfaces, while it is only an approximation |
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1068 | for the rotation between isoneutral and $z$- or $s$-surfaces. Indeed, in the latter |
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1069 | case, two assumptions are made to simplify \eqref{Eq_PE_iso_tensor} \citep{Cox1987}. |
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1070 | First, the horizontal contribution of the dianeutral mixing is neglected since the ratio |
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1071 | between iso and dia-neutral diffusive coefficients is known to be several orders of |
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1072 | magnitude smaller than unity. Second, the two isoneutral directions of diffusion are |
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1073 | assumed to be independent since the slopes are generally less than $10^{-2}$ in the |
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1074 | ocean (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_B}). |
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1075 | |
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1076 | For \textit{geopotential} diffusion, $r_1$ and $r_2 $ are the slopes between the |
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1077 | geopotential and computational surfaces: in $z$-coordinates they are zero |
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1078 | ($r_1 = r_2 = 0$) while in $s$-coordinate (including $\textit{z*}$ case) they are |
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1079 | equal to $\sigma _1$ and $\sigma _2$, respectively (see \eqref{Eq_PE_sco_slope} ). |
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1080 | |
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1081 | For \textit{isoneutral} diffusion $r_1$ and $r_2$ are the slopes between the isoneutral |
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1082 | and computational surfaces. Therefore, they have a same expression in $z$- and $s$-coordinates: |
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1083 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_iso_slopes} |
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1084 | r_1 =\frac{e_3 }{e_1 } \left( {\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial i}} \right) |
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1085 | \left( {\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial k}} \right)^{-1} \ , \quad |
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1086 | r_1 =\frac{e_3 }{e_1 } \left( {\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial i}} \right) |
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1087 | \left( {\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial k}} \right)^{-1} |
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1088 | \end{equation} |
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1089 | |
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1090 | When the \textit{Eddy Induced Velocity} parametrisation (eiv) \citep{Gent1990} is used, |
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1091 | an additional tracer advection is introduced in combination with the isoneutral diffusion of tracers: |
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1092 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_iso+eiv} |
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1093 | D^{lT}=\nabla \cdot \left( {A^{lT}\;\Re \;\nabla T} \right) |
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1094 | +\nabla \cdot \left( {{\vect{U}}^\ast \,T} \right) |
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1095 | \end{equation} |
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1096 | where ${\vect{U}}^\ast =\left( {u^\ast ,v^\ast ,w^\ast } \right)$ is a non-divergent, |
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1097 | eddy-induced transport velocity. This velocity field is defined by: |
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1098 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_eiv} |
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1099 | \begin{split} |
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1100 | u^\ast &= +\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial }{\partial k}\left[ {A^{eiv}\;\tilde{r}_1 } \right] \\ |
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1101 | v^\ast &= +\frac{1}{e_3 }\frac{\partial }{\partial k}\left[ {A^{eiv}\;\tilde{r}_2 } \right] \\ |
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1102 | w^\ast &= -\frac{1}{e_1 e_2 }\left[ |
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1103 | \frac{\partial }{\partial i}\left( {A^{eiv}\;e_2\,\tilde{r}_1 } \right) |
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1104 | +\frac{\partial }{\partial j}\left( {A^{eiv}\;e_1\,\tilde{r}_2 } \right) \right] |
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1105 | \end{split} |
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1106 | \end{equation} |
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1107 | where $A^{eiv}$ is the eddy induced velocity coefficient (or equivalently the isoneutral |
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1108 | thickness diffusivity coefficient), and $\tilde{r}_1$ and $\tilde{r}_2$ are the slopes |
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1109 | between isoneutral and \emph{geopotential} surfaces and thus depends on the coordinate |
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1110 | considered: |
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1111 | \begin{align} \label{Eq_PE_slopes_eiv} |
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1112 | \tilde{r}_n = \begin{cases} |
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1113 | r_n & \text{in $z$-coordinate} \\ |
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1114 | r_n + \sigma_n & \text{in \textit{z*} and $s$-coordinates} |
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1115 | \end{cases} |
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1116 | \quad \text{where } n=1,2 |
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1117 | \end{align} |
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1118 | |
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1119 | The normal component of the eddy induced velocity is zero at all the boundaries. |
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1120 | This can be achieved in a model by tapering either the eddy coefficient or the slopes |
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1121 | to zero in the vicinity of the boundaries. The latter strategy is used in \NEMO (cf. Chap.~\ref{LDF}). |
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1122 | |
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1123 | \subsubsection{lateral fourth order tracer diffusive operator} |
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1124 | |
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1125 | The lateral fourth order tracer diffusive operator is defined by: |
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1126 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_bilapT} |
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1127 | D^{lT}=\Delta \left( {A^{lT}\;\Delta T} \right) |
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1128 | \qquad \text{where} \ D^{lT}=\Delta \left( {A^{lT}\;\Delta T} \right) |
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1129 | \end{equation} |
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1130 | |
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1131 | It is the second order operator given by \eqref{Eq_PE_iso_tensor} applied twice with |
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1132 | the eddy diffusion coefficient correctly placed. |
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1133 | |
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1134 | |
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1135 | \subsubsection{lateral second order momentum diffusive operator} |
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1136 | |
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1137 | The second order momentum diffusive operator along $z$- or $s$-surfaces is found by |
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1138 | applying \eqref{Eq_PE_lap_vector} to the horizontal velocity vector (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_B}): |
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1139 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_lapU} |
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1140 | \begin{split} |
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1141 | {\rm {\bf D}}^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} |
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1142 | &= \quad \ \nabla _h \left( {A^{lm}\chi } \right) |
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1143 | \ - \ \nabla _h \times \left( {A^{lm}\,\zeta \;{\rm {\bf k}}} \right) \\ |
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1144 | &= \left( \begin{aligned} |
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1145 | \frac{1}{e_1 } \frac{\partial \left( A^{lm} \chi \right)}{\partial i} |
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1146 | &-\frac{1}{e_2 e_3}\frac{\partial \left( {A^{lm} \;e_3 \zeta} \right)}{\partial j} \\ |
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1147 | \frac{1}{e_2 }\frac{\partial \left( {A^{lm} \chi } \right)}{\partial j} |
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1148 | &+\frac{1}{e_1 e_3}\frac{\partial \left( {A^{lm} \;e_3 \zeta} \right)}{\partial i} |
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1149 | \end{aligned} \right) |
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1150 | \end{split} |
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1151 | \end{equation} |
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1152 | |
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1153 | Such a formulation ensures a complete separation between the vorticity and |
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1154 | horizontal divergence fields (see Appendix~\ref{Apdx_C}). Unfortunately, it is not |
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1155 | available for geopotential diffusion in $s-$coordinates and for isoneutral |
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1156 | diffusion in both $z$- and $s$-coordinates ($i.e.$ when a rotation is required). |
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1157 | In these two cases, the $u$ and $v-$fields are considered as independent scalar |
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1158 | fields, so that the diffusive operator is given by: |
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1159 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_lapU_iso} |
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1160 | \begin{split} |
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1161 | D_u^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} &= \nabla .\left( {\Re \;\nabla u} \right) \\ |
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1162 | D_v^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} &= \nabla .\left( {\Re \;\nabla v} \right) |
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1163 | \end{split} |
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1164 | \end{equation} |
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1165 | where $\Re$ is given by \eqref{Eq_PE_iso_tensor}. It is the same expression as |
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1166 | those used for diffusive operator on tracers. It must be emphasised that such a |
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1167 | formulation is only exact in a Cartesian coordinate system, $i.e.$ on a $f-$ or |
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1168 | $\beta-$plane, not on the sphere. It is also a very good approximation in vicinity |
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1169 | of the Equator in a geographical coordinate system \citep{Lengaigne_al_JGR03}. |
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1170 | |
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1171 | \subsubsection{lateral fourth order momentum diffusive operator} |
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1172 | |
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1173 | As for tracers, the fourth order momentum diffusive operator along $z$ or $s$-surfaces |
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1174 | is a re-entering second order operator \eqref{Eq_PE_lapU} or \eqref{Eq_PE_lapU} |
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1175 | with the eddy viscosity coefficient correctly placed: |
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1176 | |
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1177 | geopotential diffusion in $z$-coordinate: |
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1178 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_PE_bilapU} |
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1179 | \begin{split} |
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1180 | {\rm {\bf D}}^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} &=\nabla _h \left\{ {\;\nabla _h {\rm {\bf |
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1181 | .}}\left[ {A^{lm}\,\nabla _h \left( \chi \right)} \right]\;} |
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1182 | \right\}\; \\ |
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1183 | &+\nabla _h \times \left\{ {\;{\rm {\bf k}}\cdot \nabla \times |
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1184 | \left[ {A^{lm}\,\nabla _h \times \left( {\zeta \;{\rm {\bf k}}} \right)} |
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1185 | \right]\;} \right\} |
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1186 | \end{split} |
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1187 | \end{equation} |
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1188 | |
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1189 | \gmcomment{ change the position of the coefficient, both here and in the code} |
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1190 | |
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1191 | geopotential diffusion in $s$-coordinate: |
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1192 | \begin{equation} \label{Eq_bilapU_iso} |
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1193 | \left\{ \begin{aligned} |
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1194 | D_u^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} =\Delta \left( {A^{lm}\;\Delta u} \right) \\ |
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1195 | D_v^{l{\rm {\bf U}}} =\Delta \left( {A^{lm}\;\Delta v} \right) |
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1196 | \end{aligned} \right. |
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1197 | \quad \text{where} \quad |
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1198 | \Delta \left( \bullet \right) = \nabla \cdot \left( \Re \nabla(\bullet) \right) |
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1199 | \end{equation} |
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1200 | |
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