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[AOS15-04] Submesoscale resolving ocean simulations with multiple ocean mixing parameterizations
Keywords:submesoscale, ocean fronts, mixing parameterization
We have conducted simulations for forced submesoscale eddy resolving simulations using multiple ocean mixing closure schemes using a non-hydrostatic three dimensional process study ocean model (PSOM) including k-epsilon models and K-Profile parameterization, for both mid-latitude deep ocean mixed layers (e.g. North Atlantic) and spicy subtropical oceans with shallow mixed layers but higher density gradients (e.g. Indian ocean). We show that ocean mixing matters for the sub-mesoscale as the rate of re-stratification near oceanic fronts is sensitive to the ocean mixing parameterization. We discuss both its physical and ecosystem implications.