Ocean Mixed Layer

 

 

 

 

Ocean Deep Convection

Global Ocean Circulation

Planetary Boundary Layer

Cloud

 

1.     LES of the Ocean Mixed Layer

 

Ocean Mixed Layer simulated by LES                            Formation of a Diurnal thermocline       

 

Ref.

* Noh, Y., H. S. Min & S. Raasch, "Large eddy simulation of the ocean mixed layer: the effects of wave breaking and Langmuir circulation", J. Phys. Ocean. 34, 720-735, 2004.  (DOWNLOAD)

* Min, H.S. & Y. Noh, "Influence of the surface heating on Langmuir circulation", J. Phys. Ocean. 34, 2630-2641, 2004.  (DOWNLOAD)

* Noh, Y., G. Goh, S. Raasch, & M. Gryschka, "Formation of a diurnal thermocline in the ocean mixed layer simulated by LES", J. Phys. Ocean. 39, 1244-1257, 2009.  (DOWNLOAD)

 

2.     Parameterization of the Ocean Mixed Layer

 

 

Ref.

* Noh, Y., "The dynamics of the formation of a diurnal thermocline in the oceanic mixed layer", J. Phys. Ocean. 26, 2183-2195, 1996.  (DOWNLOAD)

* Noh, Y., & H.J. Kim, "Simulation of temperature and turbulence structure of the oceanic boundary layer with the improved near-surface process", J. Geophys. Res., 104, 15621-15634, 1999.  (DOWNLOAD)

* Noh, Y., "Sensitivity to wave breaking and the Prandtl number in the ocean mixed layer model and its dependence on latitude", J. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23305, 2004.  (DOWNLOAD)

 

3.     Particle Settling in the Ocean Mixed Layer

 

Distributions of vertical velocity and particles in the ocean mixed layer with and without Langmuir circulation

 

Ref.

* Noh, Y., I. S. Kang, M. Herold & S. Raasch, "Large eddy simulation of particle settling in the ocean mixed layer", Phys. Fluids. 18, 085109, 2006.  (DOWNLOAD)

* Noh, Y., & S. Nakada, "Examination of the particle flux from the convective mixed layer by large eddy simulation", J. Geophys. Res., (in press).

 

 

 

4.     LES of the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Boundary Layer

 

 

 

 

 

5.     Prediction of SST Using NWP-OMLM Coupled Model

 

 

 

 

 

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