A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2006.
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| author | Olson, Elise Marie Black |
| author2 | Peter H. Stone. |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2006. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1143242019-04-12T07:42:12Z A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution Olson, Elise Marie Black Peter H. Stone. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2006. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "February 2006." Includes bibliographical references (page 35). A parameter representing circulation due to wind forcing is added to the thermohaline circulation model of Marotzke (1996). The model consists of four boxes and is governed by a system of two differential equations governing the temperature and salinity differences between high latitude ocean and low latitude ocean boxes. The modified model is solved numerically for equilibrium solutions, and then solved analytically by the method of Krasovskiy and Stone (1998). At the maximum strength of wind-forced circulation studied, v = 5 x 10-¹¹ s-¹, a stable thermal mode equilibrium temperature difference of 25 K is calculated. Once v reaches a critical value, which is within the range of physically reasonable values, the stable haline mode equlibrium and unstable thermal mode equilibrium are no longer observed. It is concluded that strong wind-forced circulation suppresses the thermal mode equilibrium, but that more research is necessary to determine the degree to which this effect is present in the real world. by Elise M. Olson. S.B. 2018-03-27T14:17:32Z 2018-03-27T14:17:32Z 2005 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114324 1028747806 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 35 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Olson, Elise Marie Black A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title | A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title_full | A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title_fullStr | A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title_full_unstemmed | A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title_short | A coupled atmosphere-ocean model of thermohaline circulation, including wind-driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| title_sort | coupled atmosphere ocean model of thermohaline circulation including wind driven gyre circulation with an analytical solution |
| topic | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114324 |
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