Comparison of gravity current mixing parameterizations and calibration using a high-resolution 3D nonhydrostatic spectral element model

• Published in: Ocean modelling (Oxford) Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 342 - 368
• Main Authors: Chang, Yeon S., Xu, Xiaobiao, Özgökmen, Tamay M., Chassignet, Eric P., Peters, Hartmut, Fischer, Paul F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2005

In light of the pressing need for development and testing of reliable parameterizations of gravity current entrainment in ocean general circulation models, two existing entrainment parameterization schemes, K-profile parameterization (KPP) and one based on Turner’s work (TP), are compared using idea...