[MITgcm-support] geostrophic velocity in the model

[Dimitris Menemenlis]

>> The geostrophic balance does depend on space/time-scale as well
>> as geographic location.    -- Ichiro

OK thanks, so the question remains, how to best separate geostrophic
from ageostrophic velocity contributions in the model U/V fields:

a) starting from the sea-surface height and integrating downwards, or

b) starting from some mid-depth velocity, a level of known motion,
    and integrating both upwards and downwards, or

c) ????

Has anyone else on this list ever attempted to carry out this
decomposition?

Dimitris

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Dimitris Menemenlis <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
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