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Studies in Climate Dynamics for Environmental Security: A Calibrated Analytical Model for the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulation in the interior of a Subtropical Ocean

Title: Studies in Climate Dynamics for Environmental Security: A Calibrated Analytical Model for the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulation in the interior of a Subtropical Ocean
Creator: Alexander, R. C.
Date: 1970
Identifier: AD0712108; AD0712108
Abstract: The report contains sections on scaling and calibration, variation of the wind stress parameter to check the calibrated model, and variation of the vertical thermal diffusion parameter. Results are discussed in terms of heat balance components. The temperature distributions calculated are in qualitative agreement with the more detailed numerical model of Bryan and Cox. An increasingly pronounced subtropical high temperature pattern with an increasing wind stress parameter is a feature common to both models. A new result is the lack of appreciable differences in temperature distributions with or without vertical thermal diffusion.
Date Issued: 1970-09
Extent: 37
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Corporate Report Number: R-505-ARPA
Contract: DAHC15 67 C 0141
Distribution Conflict: No
Access Rights: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE AND SALE; ITS DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.
Photo Quality: Not Needed
Distribution Classification: 1
DTIC Record Exists: Yes
Report Availability: Full text available by request
Provenance: Borg-Warner
Type: report
Format: 37 pages ; 28 cm.