Estimation of oceanic subsurface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave model

Prakash, Kumar Ravi; Nigam, Tanuja; Pant, Vimlesh

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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03 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2018

Estimation of oceanic subsurface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave model

Kumar Ravi Prakash, Tanuja Nigam, and Vimlesh Pant

Data sets

NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6M043C6

Short summary

Parameters at the sea surface are determined by the air–sea fluxes of heat, salt, and momentum. Surface wind speed drives the oceanic surface circulation and mixing of temperature and salinity up to a certain depth (mixed layer depth) from the sea surface. In this study, we examined the oceanic mixing process using numerical models under strong cyclonic winds. Results highlight the important role of inertial oscillations in subsurface mixing.