Numerical study on the interactions between a mesoscale eddy and a western boundary current |
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| Authors: | Yi-Chun Kuo Ching-Sheng Chern |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, ROC; |
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| Abstract: | A reduced-gravity primitive equation eddy resolving model has been used to study the decay of a mesoscale eddy as it migrates
toward a western boundary current (WBC) region. The model results indicated that the gradient of the relative vorticity to
the east of the WBC is an important factor in the interaction between an eddy and a WBC. A circular eddy is deformed into
an elliptical form during the eddy–WBC interaction with the major axis of a cyclonic/anticyclonic eddy aligning in the NW/NNE
direction, respectively. Because of the difference in the major axes orientations for the cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies,
the kinetic energy transfer between a WBC and a particular eddy has very different behavior. A cyclonic eddy loses its energy
to the mean field, whereas an anticyclonic eddy can obtain energy from the mean flow during the WBC–eddy interaction. An anticyclonic
eddy, however, still decayed from losing its water and friction dissipation during the interaction period. |
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