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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-186
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-186
25 Apr 2022
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NeverWorld2: An idealized model hierarchy to investigate ocean mesoscale eddies across resolutions

Gustavo Marques, Nora Loose, Elizabeth Yankovsky, Jacob Steinberg, Chiung-Yin Chang, Neeraja Bhamidipati, Alistair Adcroft, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Stephen Griffies, Robert Hallberg, Malte Jansen, Hemant Khatri, and Laure Zanna

Abstract. We describe an idealized primitive equation model for studying mesoscale turbulence and leverage a hierarchy of grid resolutions to make eddy-resolving calculations on the finest grids more affordable. The model has intermediate complexity, incorporating basin-scale geometry with idealized Atlantic and Southern oceans, and with non-uniform ocean depth to allow for mesoscale eddy interactions with topography. The model is perfectly adiabatic and spans the equator, and thus fills a gap between quasi-geostrophic models, which cannot span two hemispheres, and idealized general circulation models, which generally have diabatic processes and buoyancy forcing. We show that the model solution is approaching convergence in mean kinetic energy for the ocean mesoscale processes of interest, and has a rich range of dynamics with circulation features that emerge only due to resolving mesoscale turbulence.

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01 Sep 2022
NeverWorld2: an idealized model hierarchy to investigate ocean mesoscale eddies across resolutions
Gustavo M. Marques, Nora Loose, Elizabeth Yankovsky, Jacob M. Steinberg, Chiung-Yin Chang, Neeraja Bhamidipati, Alistair Adcroft, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Stephen M. Griffies, Robert W. Hallberg, Malte F. Jansen, Hemant Khatri, and Laure Zanna
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6567–6579, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6567-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6567-2022, 2022
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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-186', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-186', Takaya Uchida, 29 May 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Gustavo Marques, 02 Aug 2022

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-186', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-186', Takaya Uchida, 29 May 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Gustavo Marques, 02 Aug 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Gustavo Marques on behalf of the Authors (04 Aug 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Aug 2022) by Qiang Wang
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 Aug 2022)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Aug 2022) by Qiang Wang
AR by Gustavo Marques on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

01 Sep 2022
NeverWorld2: an idealized model hierarchy to investigate ocean mesoscale eddies across resolutions
Gustavo M. Marques, Nora Loose, Elizabeth Yankovsky, Jacob M. Steinberg, Chiung-Yin Chang, Neeraja Bhamidipati, Alistair Adcroft, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Stephen M. Griffies, Robert W. Hallberg, Malte F. Jansen, Hemant Khatri, and Laure Zanna
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6567–6579, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6567-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6567-2022, 2022
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We present an idealized ocean model configuration and a set of simulations performed using varying horizontal grid spacing. While the model domain is idealized, it resembles important geometric features of the Atlantic and Southern oceans. The simulations described here serve as a framework to effectively study mesoscale eddy dynamics, investigate the effect of mesoscale eddies on the large-scale dynamics, and to test and evaluate eddy parameterizations.