Publications from the FRAM Community Research Project


Refereed papers

Clare, A.R. and Stevens, D.P., 1993: Implementing finite difference ocean circulation models on MIMD, distributed memory computers. J. Future Generation Computing Systems, 9 , 11-18.

Jones, H.L. and J.C. Marshall, 1993: Convection with rotation in a neutral ocean: a study of open-ocean deep convection. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 1009 -1039.

Killworth, P.D., 1992: An equivalent-barotropic mode in the Fine Resolution Model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 1379-1387.

Killworth, P.D., Stainforth, D., Webb. D.J. & Paterson, S.M., 1991: The development of a free-surface Bryan-Cox-Semtner ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 1333-1348.

Killworth, P.D. and McDonald, N.R., 1993: Maximal reduced-gravity flux in rotating hydraulics. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 70, 31-40.

Lutjeharms, J.R.E., Webb, D.J. and de Cuevas, B.A., 1991: Applying the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM) to the ocean circulation around Southern Africa. South African Journal of Science, 87, (8), 346-349.

Lutjeharms, J.R.E., Shillington, F.A., & Duncombe Rae, C.M., 1991: Observations of extreme upwelling filaments in the southeast Atlantic Ocean. Science, 253, 774-776.

Marshall, J.C., Olbers, D., Ross, H. and W. Gladrow, 1993: Potential vorticity constraints on the dynamics and hydrography of the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 465-487.

Quartly, G.D., and M. Srokosz, 1993: Seasonal variations in the region of the Agulhas Retroflection: Studies with Geosat and FRAM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2107-2124.

Saunders, P. and S.R. Thompson, 1993: Transport, heat and freshwater fluxes within a diagnostic model (FRAM). J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 452-464

Schmidt, G.A. and E.R. Johnson, 1993: Direct calculation of low-frequency coastally-trapped waves and their scattering. J. Atm. and Oceanic Tech., 10, 368-380.

Stevens, D.P., 1990: On open boundary conditions for three dimensional primitive equation ocean general circulation models. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 51, 103-133.

Stevens, D.P., 1991: The open boundary condition in the United Kingdom Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. Jou. Phys. Oceanogr., 21(9), 1494-99.

Stevens, D.P. and Killworth, P.D., 1992: The distribution of kinetic energy in the Southern Ocean. A comparison between observations and an eddy-resolving general circulation model. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc., B, 338, 251-257.

The FRAM Group (Webb, D.J., et al.), 1991: An Eddy-resolving model of the Southern Ocean. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Volume 72, No. 15, 169-174.

Thompson, S.R. 1993: Estimation of the transport of heat in the Southern Ocean using a fine resolution numerical model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2493 -2497.

Webb, D.J., 1993: A simple model of the effect of the Kerguelen Plateau on the strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 70, 57-84.

Wright, D.G. and Willmott, A.J. 1992 Buoyancy driven abyssal circulation of the Southern Ocean. Jou. Phys. Oceanogr., 22(2), 139-155.

Refereed Papers in press

Dickey, J.O., Marcus, S.L., Hide, R., Thompson, S.R. and C.M. Johns: The contribution of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to the Earth's seasonal angular momentum budget. Geophys. Res. Letters.

Döös, K.: Semi-Analytical Simulation of the Meridional Cells in the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Döös, K. and D.J. Webb: The Deacon Cell and the Other Meridional Cells of the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Gray, J.M.N.T. and L.W. Morland: A two-dimensional model for the dynamics of sea ice. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.

Johnson, J.A., Bigg, G. and T. Grose: Testing the Bernoulli inverse method using the FRAM data set. Deep Sea Res.

Killworth, P.D.: On reduced-gravity flow through sills. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn.

Killworth, P.D. and M.M. Nanneh: On the isopycnal momentum budget of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Lutjeharms, J.R.E. and D.J. Webb: Modelling the Agulhas Current System with FRAM (Fine Resolution Antarctic Model) Deep Sea Res.

Vassie, J.M., Harrison, A.J., Woodworth, P.L., Harongozo, S.A., Smithson, M.J., and S.R. Thompson: On the temporal variability of the transport between Amsterdam and Kerguelen Islands. J. Geophys. Res.

Non-refereed publications

Coward, A.C.: The equation of state algorithms used by the OCCAM model. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Internal Document rpt. no. 323.

Coward, A.C.: Constructing a 2 x 1 degree resolution model of the Southern Ocean using the GFDL Modular Ocean Model (MOM). Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Internal Document rpt. no. 328.

Coward, A.C. & de Cuevas, B.A., 1992: The FRAM Atlas of the Southern Ocean. NERC News, January 1992.

de Cuevas, B.A., 1992: 'The main runs and datasets of the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model Project (FRAM). Part I: The coarse resolution runs.' Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Internal Document No. 315. 39pp.

de Cuevas, B.A., 1993: 'The main runs and datasets of the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model Project (FRAM). Part II: The data extraction routines. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Internal Document No. 319. 61pp.

Hateley, T. and de Cuevas, B.A., 1992: 'The main runs and datasets of the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model Project (FRAM). Part III: The data extraction routines. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Internal Document No. 319. 61pp.

Killworth, P.D., 1987: Topographic instabilities in level model Ocean General Circulation Models. Ocean Modelling, 75.

Killworth, P.D. and Rowe, M.A., 1987: FRAM, The Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. Ocean Modelling, 74, 10-11.

Killworth, P.D., Döös, K., and S.R. Thompson Parameterisation versus Resolution: A Review. IOSDL Internal Document No. 327, 40pp.

Lomax, A.S., 1991: Investigation of Antarctic sea ice concentration since 1973 by means of selected algorithms. A Trident Scholar Project Report, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. USNA-1531-2

Nechaev, D.A., Yaremchuk, M.I., and Richman, J., 1993: Processing a CTD section using variational assimilation technique. Ocean Modelling, 95

Plummer, N.P., 1991: 'DBDB5 data set of global bathymetry.' Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Internal Document, No. 300.

Thompson, S.R., 1993: Using FRAM to estimate eddy heat transport in the Southern Ocean. Sigma (UK WOCE Newsletter), No. 10. 10-11.

Schmidt, G.: The calculation of scattering and stability of topographic Rossby waves. PhD thesis, University College, London.

Schmidt, G.A. and Johnson, E.R.: 1993 Grid dependence in the numerical determination of topographic waves. Ocean Modelling, 99, pp 10-11.

Snaith, H.M., 1992: A simple iterative method to improve Geosat along-track sea surface height data. Int. J. Rem. Sensing., 9, 1715-1722.

Webb, D.J., 1991: FRAM - The Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. In: Computer Modelling in the Environmental Sciences. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

Webb, D.J., 1991: The Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. NERC News 14, 28-31.

Webb, D.J., 1992: 'The equation of state algorithms used by the FRAM model.' Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Internal Document, No. 313 34pp.

Webb, D.J., 1992: Contributory author to 'Climate modelling, climate prediction and model validation'. (Lead authors: Gates,W.L., Mitchell, J.F.B., Boer, G.J., Cubash, U. & Meleshko, V.P.) pp 97-134 (section B) of 'Clmate Change 1991, The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment'. Eds: Houghton, J.T., Callaner, B.A. & Varney, S.K.

Webb, D.J., 1993: An ocean model code for array processor computers. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Internal Document, No. 324, 21 pp.

Webb, D.J., Killworth, P.D., Coward, A.C. and Thompson, S.R., 1991: The FRAM Atlas of the Southern Ocean. Natural Environment Research Council, Swindon. 67pp.

White, M., 1991: 'Current meters in FRAM - Data Report'. Department of oceanography, University of Southampton Data Report. SUDO/TEC/91/7 NC. April 1991.

Conference Proceedings and Published Abstracts

Clare, A.R. and Stevens, D.P., 1992: Porting a finite difference ocean circulation model to the Meiko computing surface. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Computing '91. Elsevier, pp 585-592.

Brugge, R., Jones, H.L. and Marshall, J.C., 1990: Non-hydrostatic ocean modelling for studies of open-ocean deep convection. Proceedings of workshop on 'Formation of deep waters in the ocean', Monterey, California, March 1991. Elsevier Science Publishers, Holland.

Coward, A.C. and Fasham, M.J.R., 1993: Combined physical and biological model of the Southern Ocean. (Abastract of paper presented at 18th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden, 3-7 May 1993). Annales Geophysicae, 11 (Supplement 2), p.C167.

Döös, K., 1993: The meridional cells in the Southern Ocean. (Abstract of paper presented at the 18th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden, 3-7 May 1993). Annales Geophysicae, 11 (Supplement 2), p.C138.

Hughes, C. W., Vassie, J. M. and Smithson, M. J.: A signal from the Southern Ocean, detectable by altimetry. 2nd ERS-1 symposium, Hamburg.

Hughes, C. W.: What signal is there to detect, in the Southern Ocean? poster at the TOPEX/Poseidon/JASO meeting, Toulouse.

Ivchenko V.O., K.J. Richards, D.P.Stevens: The dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the FRAM experiment. (Abstract of paper presented at EGS meeting, Wiesbaden 1993), Annalen Geophysical,11 (Supplement 2), p.c.145.

Lutjeharms, J.R.E., Webb, D.J., de Cuevas B.A., and S.R. Thompson: Modelling the Agulhas Current. (Abstract of paper presented at the 8th Southern African Marine Science Symposium: Marine Science for a Sustainable Future. Langebaan, S. Africa 1993)

Schulkes, R. and L. Morland: The connection between two sets of evolution equations for the area fraction and the thickness of an ice cover. SIOM workshop on Sea Ice and Ocean Modelling, Hamburg.

Sinha, B. and Richards, K.J., 1991: Wavelet transforms and fractuals. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications'. (Conference held Dec. 1991)

Snaith, H.M. and Webb, D.J., 1993: Comparisons of ERS-1 altimeter height data and the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM). pp. 141-146 in, Space at the service of the environment: Proceedings of the 1st ERS-1 Symposium, Cannes, 4-6 November 1992. Paris: European Space Agency. (ESA SP-359)

Stevens, D.P. and Thompson, S.R., 1993: The South Atlantic in the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. (Abstract of paper presented at the 18th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden, 3-7 May 1993). Annales Geophysicae, 11 (Supplement 2), p.C166.

Thompson, S.R., 1991: On the circulation of deep and bottom waters in FRAM - the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. p 42 in: XX Generaly Assembly of the IUGG, Vienna, 11-24 August 1991. IAPSO Program and Abstracts. Paris: IUGG Publications. 220pp.

Thompson, S.R., 1992: Transport of heat in FRAM - the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. (Abstract of paper presented at 17th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Edinburgh, 6-10 April 1992.) Annales Geophysicae, 10 (supplement 2), p.C175.

Thompson, S.R., 1993: Heat flux across contours of constant vertically averaged temperature in FRAM. (Abstract of paper presented at 18th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden, 3-7 May 1993). Annales Geophysicae, 11 (Supplement 2), p.C144.

Thomspon, S.R., 1993: On the circulation of deep and bottom waters in FRAM - the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. IAPSO Proceedings 18, p.115.

Webb, D.J., 1991: Results from FRAM - The Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. Proceedings of the GLOBEC Workshop on Southern Ocean Zooplankton and Climate Change. (Held May 1991, La Jolla, USA)

Webb, D.J., 1991: Numerical Experimentation Group. Report of the Fifth Meeting, NEG-5. WOCE Report No. 59/91

Webb, D.J., 1991: Workshop on Global Ocean Modelling. WOCE Report No. 60/91

Webb, D.J., 1993: FRAM - the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. pp. 314-317 in, Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, March 29 - April 2 1993, Hobart, Australia. Boston, MA: Americal Meteorological Society. 533pp.

Wells, N.C. and de Cuevas, B., 1993: The depth integrated vorticity budget of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in FRAM. (Abstract of paper presented at 18th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden, 3-7 May 1993). Annales Geophysicae, 11 (Supplement 2), p.C145.

Papers submitted

Dewar, W.K. and P.D. Killworth: On the stability of oceanic rings. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Döös, K.: Inter-ocean Exchange of Water Masses J. Geophys. Res.

Gray, J.M.N.T. and P.D. Killworth: Stability of the viscous plastic sea ice rheology. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Hughes, C. W.: A Warning about Topography in the Cox code. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Hughes, C. W.: On the use of Topographic Wave Modes to describe an Ocean Flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Hughes, C. W. and Killworth, P. D.: On the effects of bottom topography in the large-scale circulation of the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Johnson, J.A., Bigg, G. and T. Grose: A comparison between the FRAM results and observations in the Drake Passage. Deep Sea Res.

Killworth, P.D.: Hydraulic control and maximal flow in rotating stratified hydraulics. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Stevens, D.P. and V.O. Ivchenko: The zonal momentum balance in a realistic eddy resolving general circulation model of the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Stevens, D.P. & Thompson, S.R., The South Atlantic in the U.K. Fine-Resolution Antarctic Model. Annales Geophysicae.

Straub, D.N.: Some comments on the angular momentum balance of a model Southern Ocean. Jou. Phys. Oceanogr.

Wadley, M.R. and G.R. Bigg: Inter-basin exchange of bottom water in ocean general circulation models. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Wells, N.C. and B. A. de Cuevas: Vorticity Dynamics of the Southern Ocean from a General Circulation Model. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Manuscripts in preparation

Dewar, W.K. and P.D. Killworth: Slow-fast Manifold Non-interaction.

DDöös s, K. and P. McIntosh: Seasonal variability in the deep Southern Ocean

Döös, K.: Interocean exchange of water masses.

Ivchenko V.O., K.J.Richards, D.P.Stevens: The momentum balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Ivchenko V.O., J.-O.Wolff, A.V.Klepikov, D.J.Olbers, K.J.Richards, B.Sinha, A.Hense: On the parameterization of eddy-fluxes of potential vorticity in flat bottom channel flows.

Ivchenko V.O., E.V.Zharnitsky: The investigation of zonal flows with truncated low-order models.

Killworth, P.D. and Blundell, J.R.: Local vorticity balances in a Cox GCM.

Killworth, P.D., J.R. Blundell and R.E. Davis: Simulations of ALACE float tracks using the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model.

Killworth, P.D., Hughes, C.W., Wells, N. an de Cuevas, B.A.: On the role of bottom torques in ocean circulation.

Killworth, P.D., Stevens, D.P. and Morrow, R.: On the eddy kinetic energy of the Southern Ocean.

Schmidt, G. A. and Johnson, E. R.: Instability in horizontal shear flow along ridges in a continuously stratified flow

Sinha B. and K.J. Richards: Jet structure and scaling in the Southern Ocean.

Stevens, I. & Stevens, D.P.: Passive tracers in a General Circulation Model of the Southern Ocean.

Thompson, S.R. & Stevens, D.P.: 1993 On the return path of North Atlantic Conveyor Belt.

Wells, N.C. & de Cuevas, B.A.: The vorticity budget in FRAM.


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