Dissipation of the energy imparted by mid-latitude storms in the Southern  Ocean

Jouanno, Julien; Capet, Xavier; Madec, Gurvan; Roullet, Guillaume; Klein, Patrice

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-743-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-743-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-743-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

Research article

|

01 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2016

Dissipation of the energy imparted by mid-latitude storms in the Southern Ocean

Julien Jouanno, Xavier Capet, Gurvan Madec, Guillaume Roullet, and Patrice Klein

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Jun 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments on “Dissipation of the energy imparted by mid-latitude storms in the Southern Ocean” by Jouanno et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer #1', Julien Jouanno, 14 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Comments on Dissipation of the energy imparted by mid-latitude storms in the Southern Ocean by Jouanno et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer #2', Julien Jouanno, 14 Apr 2016
  - EC1: 'regarding the relevance of the form of vertical mixing', Matthew Hecht, 14 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Julien Jouanno on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Apr 2016) by Matthew Hecht

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The aim of this study is to clarify the role of the Southern Ocean storms on interior mixing and meridional overturning circulation. A periodic and idealized configuration of the NEMO model has been designed to represent the key physical processes of a zonal portion of the Southern Ocean. Challenging issues concerning how numerical models are able to represent interior mixing forced by high-frequency winds are exposed and discussed, particularly in the context of the overturning circulation.