2004•BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca)Requires access
Wind-driven effects on ocean variability
Claudia Pasquero, Eli Tziperman
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Abstract
A simple model was constructed to study the effects of a wind-driven ocean gyre on the thermohaline overturning circulation. It was found that the presence of a surface gyre allows for stable (self-sustained) oscillations about a mean state characterized by high-latitude deep-water formation regions. The gyre transport had a negative feedback that eliminates the advective instability, allowing for self-sustained thermohaline variability.