Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves

Weiqi Hong; Lei Zhou; Xiaohui Xie; Han Zhang; Changrong Liang

doi:10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

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Weiqi Hong, Lei Zhou, Xiaohui Xie, Han Zhang, Changrong Liang. Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(10): 41-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

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Weiqi Hong, Lei Zhou, Xiaohui Xie, Han Zhang, Changrong Liang. Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(10): 41-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

Weiqi Hong, Lei Zhou, Xiaohui Xie, Han Zhang, Changrong Liang. Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(10): 41-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

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Weiqi Hong, Lei Zhou, Xiaohui Xie, Han Zhang, Changrong Liang. Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(10): 41-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

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Modified parameterization for near-inertial waves

doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2012-6

Weiqi Hong¹,
Lei Zhou^{1, 2
,
,},
Xiaohui Xie^{1, 2, 3},
Han Zhang^{2, 3, 4},
Changrong Liang⁵

1.
School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
2.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China
3.
State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
4.
Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
5.
State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42125601 and 42076001; the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, under contract Nos HYGG2003 and QNYC2002; the project supported by the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) under contract No. SML2021SP207; the Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University under contract No. SL2020MS032; the CEES Visiting Fellowship Program under contract No. CEESRS202001; the Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) under contract No. 311021001.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zhoulei1588@sjtu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2022-01-24
Accepted Date: 2022-01-27

Available Online: 2022-07-04

Publish Date: 2022-10-27

Abstract

Abstract

The near-inertial waves (NIWs) are important for energy cascade in the ocean. They are usually significantly reinforced by strong winds, such as typhoon. Due to relatively coarse resolutions in contemporary climate models, NIWs and associated ocean mixing need to be parameterized. In this study, a parameterization for NIWs proposed by Jochum in 2013 (J13 scheme), which has been widely used, is compared with the observations in the South China Sea, and the observations are treated as model outputs. Under normal conditions, the J13 scheme performs well. However, there are noticeable discrepancies between the J13 scheme and observations during typhoon. During Typhoon Kalmaegi in 2014, the inferred value of the boundary layer is deeper in the J13 scheme due to the weak near-inertial velocity shear in the vertical. After typhoon, the spreading of NIWs beneath the upper boundary layer is much faster than the theoretical prediction of inertial gravity waves, and this fast process is not rendered well by the J13 scheme. In addition, below the boundary layer, NIWs and associated diapycnal mixing last longer than the direct impacts of typhoon on the sea surface. Since the energy dissipation and diapycnal mixing below the boundary layer are bounded to the surface winds in the J13 scheme, the prolonged influences of typhoon via NIWs in the ocean interior are missing in this scheme. Based on current examination, modifications to the J13 scheme are proposed, and the modified version can reduce the discrepancies in the temporal and vertical structures of diapycnal mixing.
- near-inertial waves,
- parameterization,
- ocean mixing,
- upper ocean boundary layer,
- typhoon

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