Validation of vertical mixing in an equatorial ocean model using large Eddy simulations and observations From: Journal of Physical Oceanography | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright American Meteorological Society Mar 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

(Manuscript received 24 October 1997, in final form 26 March 1998)

ABSTRACT

A nonlocal K-profile parameterization (KPP) of the upper-ocean boundary layer is tested for the equatorial regions. First, the short-term performance of a one-dimensional model with KPP is found to compare favorably to large eddy simulations (LES), including nonlocal countergradient heat flux. The comparison is clean because both the surface forcing and the large-scale flow are identical in the two models. The comparison is direct because the parameterized turbulent flux profiles are explicitly computed in LES. A ...

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