15.4. Inner Shelf

Compare wind driven innershelf dynamics between 2D Ekman theory and CROCO numerical solution

Estrade P., P. Marchesiello, A. Colin de Verdiere, C. Roy, 2008: Cross-shelf structure of coastal upwelling : a two-dimensional expansion of Ekman’s theory and a mechanism for innershelf upwelling shut down. Journal of Marine Research, 66, 589-616.

Marchesiello P., and P. Estrade, 2010: Upwelling limitation by geostrophic onshore flow. Journal of Marine Research, 68, 37-62.

# define INNERSHELF

CPP options:

# undef  OPENMP
# undef  MPI
# undef  NBQ
# define INNERSHELF_EKMAN
# define INNERSHELF_APG
# define SOLVE3D
# define UV_COR
# define ANA_GRID
# define ANA_INITIAL
# define AVERAGES
# define ANA_SSFLUX
# define ANA_SRFLUX
# define ANA_STFLUX
# define ANA_BSFLUX
# define ANA_BTFLUX
# define ANA_SMFLUX
# define NS_PERIODIC
# define OBC_WEST
# define SPONGE
# ifndef INNERSHELF_EKMAN
#  define UV_ADV
#  define SALINITY
#  define NONLIN_EOS
#  define LMD_MIXING
#  undef  GLS_MIXING
#  ifdef LMD_MIXING
#   define LMD_SKPP
#   define LMD_BKPP
#   define LMD_RIMIX
#   define LMD_CONVEC
#  endif
#  undef WAVE_MAKER_INTERNAL
#  ifdef WAVE_MAKER_INTERNAL
#   define ANA_BRY
#   define Z_FRC_BRY
#   define M2_FRC_BRY
#   define M3_FRC_BRY
#   define T_FRC_BRY
#  endif
# endif
# define NO_FRCFILE

Settings :

Results :

INNERSHELF results : comparison with analytical solution