Vicky Verma, R. Barkan, A. Solodoch, H. Gildor, Yaron Toledo
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摘要
利用对东地中海的嵌套高分辨率模拟,研究了环绕黎凡特盆地流动的沿坡边界流的季节变化和海底相互作用对其动力学的影响。数值解表明,边界流全年持续不断,宽度≈ 60 公里,深度≈ 200 米。涡度平衡分析表明,底拖曳对边界流有显著影响,导致沿岸薄区产生反气旋涡度,进而变得不稳定,并卷成表面强化的反气旋螺旋,其特征是罗斯比数为 O(1)。涡动能生成分析表明,气压不稳定性和气压不稳定性的混合可能是螺旋形成的原因。边界流和螺旋在物质的跨岸传输中起着至关重要的作用。在冬季,反气旋螺旋经常与高能离岸次中尺度流场相互作用并交换物质。在夏季,当离岸流结构的能量相对较低时,螺旋仍被限制在边界流区域内,因为它们会受到边界流的平流,并经历一个上升的动能(KE)级联,表现为螺旋合并和直径达 100 公里的增长。在这两个季节中,粗粒度分析表明,跨尺度的动能通量在空间上被定位在相干结构中。上升尺度的 KE 通量通常出现在螺旋内部,而下降尺度的 KE 通量则局限于螺旋外围的锋面和细丝。
The eastern Mediterranean boundary current: seasonality, stability, and spiral formation
Seasonal variability and the effect of bottom interaction on the dynamics of the along-slope boundary current flowing around the Levantine basin are investigated using nested high-resolution simulations of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The numerical solutions show a persistent boundary current year-round that is ≈ 60 km wide and ≈ 200 m deep. An enstrophy balance diagnostic reveals significant bottom-drag influence on the boundary current, leading to anticyclonic vorticity generation in thin regions along the coast, which in turn become unstable and roll into surface intensified anticyclonic spirals characterized by O(1) Rossby numbers. An eddy kinetic energy generation analysis suggests that a mix of baroclinic and barotropic instabilities are likely responsible for the spiral formation. The boundary current and spirals play a crucial role in the cross-shore transport of materials. In winter, the anticyclonic spirals frequently interact and exchange material with the energetic offshore submesoscale flow field. In summer, when the offshore flow structures are relatively less energetic, the spirals remain confined to the boundary current region as they are advected by the boundary current and undergo an upscale kinetic energy (KE) cascade that is manifested in spiral merging, and growth up to 100 km in diameter. In both seasons, a coarse-graining analysis demonstrates that the cross-scale KE fluxes are spatially localized in coherent structures. The upscale KE fluxes typically occur within the spirals, while the downscale KE fluxes are confined to fronts and filaments at spiral peripheries.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Physical Oceanography (JPO) (ISSN: 0022-3670; eISSN: 1520-0485) publishes research related to the physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries. Observational, theoretical, and modeling studies are all welcome, especially those that focus on elucidating specific physical processes. Papers that investigate interactions with other components of the Earth system (e.g., ocean–atmosphere, physical–biological, and physical–chemical interactions) as well as studies of other fluid systems (e.g., lakes and laboratory tanks) are also invited, as long as their focus is on understanding the ocean or its role in the Earth system.