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Science 20 May 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5162, pp. 1123 - 1126
DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5162.1123
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The Role of Mesoscale Tracer Transports in the Global Ocean Circulation

Gokhan Danabasoglu 1, James C. McWilliams 1, and Peter R. Gent 1

1 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.

Ocean models routinely used in simulations of the Earth's climate do not resolve mesoscale eddies because of the immense computational cost. A new parameterization of the effects of these eddies has been implemented in a widely used model. A comparison of its solution with that of the conventional parameterization shows significant improvements in the global temperature distribution, the poleward and surface heat fluxes, and the locations of deep-water formation.

Submitted on December 28, 1993
Accepted on March 4, 1994


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