Rotating Fluid -Part II A “GFD view” of the Ocean and the Atmosphere (a follow up Raymond’s Lectures) Arnaud Czaja.

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Rotating Fluid -Part II A “GFD view” of the Ocean and the Atmosphere (a follow up Raymond’s Lectures) Arnaud Czaja

–see Raymond’s lectures Source / sink flows –see Raymond’s lectures “Basin” “Channel”

–see Raymond’s lectures Source / sink flows –see Raymond’s lectures “Basin” “Channel” No distinction between Ocean & Atmosphere…

Central idea Constraint 1: Ocean & Atmosphere are rapidly rotating fluids: geostrophy is the leading order dynamics. Constraint 2: The two fluids must transport energy poleward (cold parcels move equatorward and warm parcels poleward)

Central idea This brings a key distinction between basins (~ocean) and channel (~atmosphere)’s geometry: Basins: walls provide dP/dx and a large scale (eddy free) geostrophic heat transport is possible. Channels: no zonally integrated dP/dx and the heat transport must involve eddies and / or ageostrophic effects (e.g., Hadley cell).

Outline The energy constraint Basin dynamics Channel dynamics

The energy constraint

impinging at low than high The energy constraint Geometry: more energy impinging at low than high latitudes

Assume infra-red radiation and albedo is uniform Observations ASR IR Assume infra-red radiation and albedo is uniform Observations Stone, 1978.

The energy constraint

The energy constraint Poleward motion in ocean & atmosphere

Basin: Northern Oceans, Atmosphere Background Geostrophic mass transport calculation Heat transport Complications…

oxygen distribution at 2500m A classic: oxygen distribution at 2500m (from Wüst, 1935).

oxygen distribution at 2500m A classic: oxygen distribution at 2500m (from Wüst, 1935). -Spreading from high latitude North Atlantic source region -Large spatial scale of `tongue’ considering the narrowness of ocean currents

More recent section along the `great tongue’

The “great oceanic conveyor belt”

The “great oceanic conveyor belt”

Broecker, 2005 NB: 1 Amazon River ≈ 0.2 Million m3/s

Atlantic ocean’s meridional overturning streamfunction NB: From an OGCM constrained by data (Wunsch, 2000)

Can we measure the ocean circulation in basins using the Geostrophic calculation? All you need is the thermal wind: Coriolis parameter East-west density gradient North-South velocity Gradient with height

Global “inverse” ocean circulatioin and heat transport Ganachaud and Wunsch, 2003

RAPID – WATCH array at 26N

RAPID array calculation

RAPID array calculation

Blackboard calculations…

Heat Transport Up Warm water North Cold water 26N East

yields Ho≈1PW as required Heat Transport Up Mo ≈ 20 Sv & Δθ≈10K yields Ho≈1PW as required Warm water North Cold water 26N East

Are there basins in the atmosphere? Z Density profile H~7km X OCEAN ATMOSPHERE

Different situation in the Tropics Trade wind inversion 2-3km … “isolated” low level layer

East-African Highlands & the Indian Monsoon Orography Northward flow across the equator

Low level winds climatology (June-August) ERA40 Atlas

Channel: Atmosphere, Southern Ocean How to satisfy the energy constraint In a geometry in which <dP/dx> = 0? Hadley cell Oceanic & atmospheric eddies

Zonally averaged atmospheric circulation (annual mean) ~100Sv NB: Ocean: ~10-20Sv

Zonally symmetric motions are the key energy carriers in the Tropics Total Zonally symmetric motions are the key energy carriers in the Tropics Transient eddies Stationnary eddies Axisymmetric motions

Zonally averaged atmospheric circulation (annual mean) Ω Eq df/dy max at equator Frictional effects dominate

Zonally averaged atmospheric circulation (annual mean) Inertial effects dominate

Critical (moist) temperature distributions leading to the onset of Hadley cell Emanuel (1995)

Poleward heat transport in Hadley cell –see Q3 High gz Low gz

Eumetsat/MetOffice infrared picture (daily composite)

Eddy motions are the key energy carriers in midlatitudes Total Eddy motions are the key energy carriers in midlatitudes Transient eddies Stationnary eddies Axisymmetric motions

Ocean eddies: the Movie

Ocean eddy heat transport from a ¼ º ocean GCM Total heat transport Eddy heat transport From Jayne & Marotzke (2002)

P T V “Shallow” Ocean (heat trspt ≠0) “Deep” Ocean (heat trspt=0) Height V Longitude