Feature of thermohaline circulation in two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint

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	Feature of thermohaline circulation in two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint
	Shen Yang; Guan YuPing
刊名	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
	2015
卷号	58 期号:8 页码:1397-1403
关键词	thermohaline circulation two-layer model mixing energy freshwater flux equilibrium state
通讯作者	guan@scsio.ac.cn
中文摘要	The assertion that the thermohaline circulation (THC) is driven and sustained by mechanical energy has been increasingly accepted. The simplest conceptual model describing the THC is the Stommel two-box model. Given the vertical stratification in the real ocean, layered models were designed and used. In this research, using a two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint, we studied basic features of thermal-mode and saline-mode circulations. We focused on the effects of freshwater flux and mixing energy on the intensity and multiple equilibrium states of the THC. The results show that more important than affecting the THC intensity, both the decrease of freshwater flux and increase of mixing energy can lead to an "abrupt transition" in the THC from a stable saline to a stable thermal mode, which further develops the THC energy theory.
学科主题	Geology
收录类别	SCI
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/15061]
专题	南海海洋研究所_热带海洋环境国家重点实验室(LTO)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen Yang,Guan YuPing. Feature of thermohaline circulation in two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2015,58(8):1397-1403.
APA	Shen Yang,&Guan YuPing.(2015).Feature of thermohaline circulation in two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,58(8),1397-1403.
MLA	Shen Yang,et al."Feature of thermohaline circulation in two-layer conceptual model based on energy constraint".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 58.8(2015):1397-1403.