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Large Scale Model Phenomenology
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Linear
Simulation
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Sverdrup
(1947) interior.
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Munk
(1950) viscous boundary
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layers.
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Non-linear
simulations
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Cyclonic
subpolar gyre.
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Anticyclonic
subtropical gyre.
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North
Pacific Current, 42-45 ºN.
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Kuroshio
extension, 34-35 ºN.
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NEC,
10-18 ºN.
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NECC,
5-7 ºN.
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EUC
and SEC, 2 ºS.
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SECC,
7-9 ºS
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Fig 2. Transport streamfunction from non-linear, 6
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layer,
finite depth simulation (click to enlarge).
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Model realistically reproduces overall
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gyre scale flow, including major
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current systems.
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