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Cool‐skin simulation by a one‐column ocean model
Author(s) -
Tu ChiaYing,
Tsuang BenJei
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl024252
Subject(s) - column (typography) , water column , skin effect , resolution (logic) , wind speed , meteorology , geology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , physics , geometry , computer science , oceanography , mathematics , connection (principal bundle) , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
A one‐column ocean model is used to simulate the cool‐skin effect of sea surface temperatures. Four schemes for determining the thickness of the cool skin are compared. It is established that all four schemes can capture the cool skin for wind speeds ≤ 7.5 m s −1 ; however, for wind speeds > 7.5 m s −1 , Artale et al.'s (2002) scheme performs better. This study demonstrates that the cool‐skin effect can be reproduced by the one‐column model, while a proper vertical resolution in the top 1 mm is embedded.