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Hello everyone,
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I'm trying to simulate the ocean circulation in a 2D domain (x-z), and there is no topography everywhere.
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Under the SST forcing only, the results are zonally symmetric.
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However, when the wind forcing (symmetry is guaranteed) is included, both the temperature (including the surface temperature) and velocities show zonally asymmetry, as shown in Figure 3 attached (rbcs package is not used). And the zonal momentum budget (Figure 4 attached) also demonstrates the symmetry of wind forcing and the asymmetry of dissipation and advection terms.
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Do you know what causes this zonal asymmetry? If you have any suggestions, please tell me.
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Thanks in advance!
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Best,
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Yanhong
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