Modeling the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Comparison of FRAM and Equivalent Barotropic Model Results

Authors

V.O. Ivchenko, University of SouthamptonFollow
A.E. Krupitsky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Vladimir M. Kamenkovich, University of Southern MississippiFollow
N.C. Wells, University of Southampton

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Department

Marine Science

Abstract

Analyzing the FRAM simulations, Kinworth (1992) noticed a strong tendency for self-similarity in the vertical structure of the velocity field of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). By assuming the self-similarity as a hypothesis, Krupitsky et al. (1996) developed an equivalent barotropic (EB) model of the ACC capable of describing the horizontal structure of the ACC. Compared to the multi-level-primitive-equation GCM, the EB model appeared substantially simpler and therefore useful in pilot process-oriented and sensitivity studies. In the present study dynamical and kinematical comparisons of the EB and FRAM outputs are given.

Publication Title

Journal of Marine Research

Volume

57

Issue

1

First Page

29

Last Page

45

Recommended Citation

Ivchenko, V., Krupitsky, A., Kamenkovich, V. M., Wells, N. (1999). Modeling the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Comparison of FRAM and Equivalent Barotropic Model Results. Journal of Marine Research, 57(1), 29-45.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/4554