High Resolution in Ocean Models (IMAGE)
Caption
Modeled surface relative vorticity in the Gulf Stream region depicting the flow rotation and shear as a function of horizontal grid spacing (~50, 6, and 2 km, respectively). In addition to a well defined Gulf Stream and associated mesoscale eddies, one can observe an increased number of small-scale features (submesoscale) that arise when the model horizontal resolution is increased to ~2 km.
Credit
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
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