Q. Jamet, Alexandre Berger, B. Deremble, T. Penduff
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Abstract
Air-sea fluxes are the main drivers of ocean circulation, yet their representation in ocean only models remains challenging. While a zeroth-order formulation accounting only for the state of the atmosphere is well adopted by the community, surface ocean feedback has gained attention over the last decades. In this paper, we focus on thermodynamical indirect feedback of surface ocean currents, which completes the ’eddy killing’ effect induced by the mechanical feedback. In this study, we quantify both the mechanical and thermodynamical contributions in the context of idealized, coupled Quasi-Geostrophic simulations through sensitivity experiments on wind stress formulation. As compared to eddy killing which impacts kinetic energy levels, the indirect thermodynamical feedback induces significant changes in potential energy levels. The thermodynamical feedback also enhances by +27% the potential-to-kinetic turbulent energy conversion induced by relative wind stress formulation, as well as significant changes in both forward and inverse cascades of Potential Energy (PE). That is, accounting for ocean surface currents in the computation of wind stress significantly changes transfers of PE from the mean to the turbulent flow. These changes are mostly controlled by a reduced upscale energy flux rather than a more vigorous downscale flux, a process in line with results obtained for kinetic energy fluxes associated with the eddy killing effect.
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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.