Posted by Julie McClean on November 09, 2000 at 18:49:57 (UTC):
In Reply to: Re: abyssal eddies posted by Julie McClean on November 09, 2000 at 18:48:12 (UTC):
: : Randy, Xiaoshu, and Tracey:
: : This is a very well constructed poster. I would like some
: : clarification regarding the form of the covariances in the
: : IO scheme. It is stated that it is a function of the
: : measurment locations and does not depend on the measurements
: : themselves. I assume then that ``r_0'' (equation 3 in the
: : appendix on the multivariate IO) is the first baroclinic
: : rossby radius. Did you consider using length scales from
: : the data? Can you please explain your choice?
: : A number of issues have been raised in the forum regarding
: : the role of topography, the locality of the array etc. It
: : may be that a very realistic numerical model may help to
: : clarify some of these issues. I am extracting a deep velocity
: : field and a sea surface height field from a recent 0.1-degree,
: : 40-level POP simulation of the North Atlantic. As suggested by
: : Randy, I will first look to see if there is any evidence of
: : these abyssal eddies.
: : Julie
Go to
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~mcclean
and see a series of figures from the North
Atlantic POP model (velocities at 3500m and
position of the north wall of the Gulf Stream)
Julie