Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime

Preface Matthew W. Hecht and Hiroyasu Hasumi i Introduction: Ocean Modeling--Eddy or Not Frank O. Bryan 1 Section 1: Oceanographic Processes and Regimes Fundamental Question The Nature and Consequences of Oceanic Eddies James C. McWilliams 5 Submesoscale Processes and Dynamics Leif N. Thomas, Amit Tandon, and Amala Mahadevan 17 Gulf Stream Separation in Numerical Ocean Models Eric P. Chassignet and David P. Marshall 39 Eddy-Resolving Modeling of Overflows S. Legg, L. Jackson, and R. W. Hallberg 63 High-Frequency Winds and Eddy-Resolving Models Patrice Klein 83 Resolution Dependence of Eddy Fluxes Yukio Tanaka and Hiroyasu Hasumi 101 Eddies and Upper-Ocean Nutrient Supply A. Oschlies 115 Eddies in Eastern Boundary Subtropical Upwelling Systems X. Capet, F. Colas, J. C. McWilliams, P. Penven, and P.Marchesiello 131 Section 2: Ocean Dynamics and State From Region to Global Scale The Fidelity of Ocean Models With Explicit Eddies Julie McClean, Steven Jayne, Mathew Maltrud, and DetelinaIvanova 149 Common Success and Failure in Simulating the Pacific SurfaceCurrents Shared by Four High-Resolution Ocean Models Tatsuo Suzuki, Hideharu Sasaki, Norikazu Nakashiki, and HideyukiNakano 165 Eddies in Numerical Models of the Southern Ocean V. O. Ivchenko, S. Danilov and D. Olbers 177 High-Resolution Indian Ocean Simulations - Recent Advancesand Issues From OFES Yukio Masumoto, Yushi Morioka, and Hideharu Sasaki 199 Towards a Physical Understanding of the North Atlantic: A Reviewof Model Studies in an Eddying Regime Matthew W. Hecht and Richard D. Smith 213 Towards Eddy-Resolving Models of the Arctic Ocean Wieslaw Maslowski, Jaclyn L. Clement Kinney, Douglas C. Marble,and Jaromir Jakacki 241 Pacific Upper Ocean Response to Global Warming--ClimateModeling in an Eddying Ocean Regime Takashi T. Sakamoto and Hiroyasu Hasumi 265 Section 3: Modeling at the Mesoscale State of the Art and Future Directions Formulating the Equations of Ocean Models Stephen M. Griffies and Alistair J. Adcroft 281 Can Large Eddy Simulation Techniques Improve Mesoscale RichOcean Models? B. Fox-Kemper and D. Menemenlis 319 Lateral Mixing in the Eddying Regime and a New Broad-RangingFormulation Matthew W. Hecht, Mark R. Petersen, Beth A. Wingate, ElizabethHunke, and Mathew Maltrud 339 Eddy-Resolving Global Ocean Prediction Harley E. Hurlburt, Eric P. Chassignet, James A. Cummings, A.Birol Kara, E. Joseph Metzger, Jay F. Shriver, Ole Martin Smedstad,Alan J. Wallcraft, and Charlie N. Barron 353 Unstructured Adaptive Meshes for Ocean Modeling Matthew D. Piggott, Christopher C. Pain, Gerard J. Gorman, DavidP. Marshall, and Peter D. Killworth 383