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Baroclinic Instability in the Denmark Strait Overflowand how it applies the material learned
in this GFD course
Emily Harrison
James Mueller
December 2, 2005
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North Atlantic
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The Overflow
• The East Greenland Current: -warm, light upper layer-cold, dense bottom layer
• The warm flow stays on the surface of the Irminger Sea
• The dense flow descend the East Greenland continental slope and enters the Denmark Strait
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The Denmark Strait
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• Thin line: typical overflow density profile
• Thick line: mean back ground density ~
Density Profile In the DS
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Temperature, Salinity, and
Density
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Temperature, Velocity
Magnitudeand Direction
Time Series for CM3
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The Model
• Uniform cross-section• Constant bottom
slope, α• Layer 1:
ρ1, U1, average depth D1
• Layer 2: ρ2, U2, average depth D2
• Interface: φ(x,y,t)
• Channel Walls: ±L/2
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Stability Analysis: Scaling
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Stability Analysis: Parameters
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U
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(2
2
RfU
Dgr
1
2
D
D
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E
)1(2
2
1
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r 2
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r
)( 1
2
FOfU
sgB r
Rossby #
Beta Effect
Ekman #
Internal Froude #
Friction Parameter
Bottom Slope
Parameter
Layer Depth Ratio
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Physical Constants
Dimensionless Parameters
Observational Parameters
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Does β-effect really matter here?
• β is O(10-3)
• B=.346
• Topographic effect is 2 orders of magnitude greater than β-effect
• Conclusion: NO!
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Stability Analysis: Governing Equations
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pvyFuu2
)1()( u
izziyiiiit vE
puyFvv2
)1()( u
izp0
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Stability Analysis: Boundary Conditions
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2. @
3. @
4. @
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1z
)( yiziti vuFw
12 ppFz 1
)( 2222 yx uvrFBvw FByz
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1 2
1
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1lim
dxux
y
y
x
x
itx
2
1y
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Stability Analysis: Governing Equation
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1x1y1 wy]Fp)[
yp
xp
t(
βγ
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)p)(py
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pt
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),,(),,( tyxyUtyxp iii
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0)]1([)]()[( 111212
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Stability Analysis: Governing Equation
02
1lim
2
1
2
1
dxx
y
y
x
x
iytx
0
xiPerturbation
Pressure Equations with Boundary
Conditions at y=±.5
12 U
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Solving the Equations
The eigenfunctions for the pressure perturbation equations:
)]cos(Re[
)]cos(Re[)(
2
)(1
ymAe
ymAectxik
ctxik
Where:
the modes:
the downstream wavenumber: k
complex amplitude ratio:
complex phase speed:
,...3,2,1m
ir i
ir iccc
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Solving the Equations
Substituting ψ back into the equations yields an equation of the form:
02 dba cc
Which lead to a solution for c of the form:
2
12 ]4[
2
1
2adb
aa
biccc ir
Where the coefficients are very, very messy-but are functions of k, m, F, β, γ, r, U1, B
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Solving the EquationsWith the complex coefficient components:
The solution to the linear stability problem is complete!
2
1
1
)1)](1([1
c
ck
rcUB ir
r
2
1
1
)]1([)1(
c
cUBck
rir
r
With:222
)1(1 ir ccc F
mk 222
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Model: Instability Results
• Assumed: -inviscid
-U1=0
• Flow is Unstable if: B-1>1
• This means: -the shear is greater than geostrophic velocity-or, interface slope is greater than bottom slope
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If λ =200km, B-1=2.5, how long does it take the amplitude to increase by a factor of 10?
s
m
km
s
k
fc
ii 5.5
5.7*200
210*3.1 13
hrskc
t
e
i
ktci
76.310*35.1)10ln(
10
4
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• Mooring Array Spacing: ~ 15km
With:
Does the Mooring Array Resolve the Internal Rossby Radius of Deformation?
25.4
s
mgr mH 150
2
2
2 3.0
sH
g
H
gN r
155.0 sN
)105(35.610*3.1
150*55.014
1
kmOkms
ms
f
NHL
oD
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Theory
Thermal wind:
xf
g
z
v
0
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Theory
Stretching and squeezing of water
columns
Increase of relative vorticity (i.e. eddies) from potential energy
Initial disturbance
If unstable, eddies interact and form
larger eddies
Decrease of kinetic energy from friction
Conservation of potential
vorticity
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Necessary Condition for Instability
0ic
1. Either changes sign in the domain, or
2. the sign of is opposite to that of at the top, or
3. the sign of is the same as that of at the bottom
y
q
y
q
y
q
z
u
y
b
f
N
z
u
2
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Density Sections
Northern line Southern line
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Spectral Analysis
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Coherence of Velocity
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Coherence of Cross-stream Velocity
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North-South Coherence
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Heat Flux
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Conclusions
• Linear, unstable baroclinic wave model predicts low frequency variability and cross-stream phase relationships
• Waves seem to be coherent only south of the sill
• Nonlinear effects are significant and thus need to be examined
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Spall and Price (1998)
• Eddy diameter ~ 30 km separated by 70 km
• Period ~ 2-3 days which is close to Smith’s value of 1.8 days
• Mesoscale variability is considerably stronger than in other overflows
• Isopycnals are nearly parallel with the bottom, which implies the ratio of slopes is roughly 1 (i.e. not unstable).
• Therefore, baroclinic instability does not seem to be the primary process
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Girton and Sanford (2001)
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The Outside Sources
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Hoyer, Quadfasel, Andersen 1999
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Girton and Sandford 2003
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Spall and Price 1998
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