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dc.contributor.authorCallies, Jörn
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Raffaele
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-19T19:16:41Z
dc.date.available2019-02-19T19:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.date.submitted2017-09
dc.identifier.issn0022-3670
dc.identifier.issn1520-0485
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120499
dc.description.abstractThis paper revisits how the restratifying buoyancy flux w'b'generated by baroclinic mixed layer instabilities depends on environmental conditions. The frontal spindown is shown to produce buoyancy fluxes that increase significantly beyond the previously proposed and widely used scaling w'b'~fΛ2H2 (f is the Coriolis parameter, Λ is the geostrophic shear, and H is the mixed layer depth), irrespective of whether the initial front is broad or narrow. This increase occurs after the initial phase of the nonlinear evolution, when the baroclinic eddies grow in size and develop velocities significantly in excess of the scaling assumption V ~ ΛH. Implications for parameterizing the restratification caused by baroclinic mixed layer instabilities in coarse-resolution models are discussed. Keywords: Instability; Ocean dynamics; Oceanic mixed layer; Parameterizationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant OCE-1233832)en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Meteorological Societyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0175.1en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAmerican Meteorological Societyen_US
dc.titleNote on the Rate of Restratification in the Baroclinic Spindown of Frontsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationCallies, Jörn and Raffaele Ferrari. “Note on the Rate of Restratification in the Baroclinic Spindown of Fronts.” Journal of Physical Oceanography 48, 7 (July 2018): 1543–1553 © 2018 American Meteorological Societyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFerrari, Raffaele
dc.relation.journalJournal of Physical Oceanographyen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2019-02-08T14:07:30Z
dspace.orderedauthorsCallies, Jörn; Ferrari, Raffaeleen_US
dspace.embargo.termsNen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US


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