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Book SynopsisPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 177. This monograph is the first to survey progress in realistic simulation in a strongly eddying regime made possible by recent increases in computational capability. Its contributors comprise the leading researchers in this important and constantly evolving field. Divided into three parts Oceanographic Processes and Regimes: Fundamental QuestionsOcean Dynamics and State: From Regional to Global Scale, andModeling at the Mesoscale: State of the Art and Future Directions The volume details important advances in physical oceanography based on eddy resolving ocean modeling. It captures the state of the art and discusses issues that ocean modelers must consider in order to effectively contribute to advancing current knowledge, from subtleties of the underlying fluid dynamical equations to meaningful comparison with oceanographic observations and leading-edge model development. It summarizes m
Table of ContentsPreface
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 Detelina Ivanova 149
Common Success and Failure in Simulating the Pacific Surface Currents Shared by Four High-Resolution Ocean Models
Tatsuo Suzuki, Hideharu Sasaki, Norikazu Nakashiki, and Hideyuki Nakano 165
Eddies in Numerical Models of the Southern Ocean
V. O. Ivchenko, S. Danilov and D. Olbers 177
High-Resolution Indian Ocean Simulations – Recent Advances and Issues From OFES
Yukio Masumoto, Yushi Morioka, and Hideharu Sasaki 199
Towards a Physical Understanding of the North Atlantic: A Review of 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—Climate Modeling 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 Rich Ocean Models?
B. Fox-Kemper and D. Menemenlis 319
Lateral Mixing in the Eddying Regime and a New Broad-Ranging Formulation
Matthew W. Hecht, Mark R. Petersen, Beth A. Wingate, Elizabeth Hunke, 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, David P. Marshall, and Peter D. Killworth 383
