1. The relationship between a deformation-based eddy parameterization and the LANS-α turbulence model.
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Bachman, Scott D., Anstey, James A., and Zanna, Laure
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OCEAN turbulence , *DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics) , *NON-Newtonian flow (Fluid dynamics) , *NAVIER-Stokes equations , *PARAMETERIZATION - Abstract
A recent class of ocean eddy parameterizations proposed by Porta Mana and Zanna (2014) and Anstey and Zanna (2017) modeled the large-scale flow as a non-Newtonian fluid whose subgridscale eddy stress is a nonlinear function of the deformation. This idea, while largely new to ocean modeling, has a history in turbulence modeling dating at least back to Rivlin (1957). The new class of parameterizations results in equations that resemble the Lagrangian-averaged Navier–Stokes- α model (LANS- α , e.g., Holm et al., 1998a). In this note we employ basic tensor mathematics to highlight the similarities between these turbulence models using component-free notation. We extend the Anstey and Zanna (2017) parameterization, which was originally presented in 2D, to 3D, and derive variants of this closure that arise when the full non-Newtonian stress tensor is used. Despite the mathematical similarities between the non-Newtonian and LANS- α models which might provide insight into numerical implementation, the input and dissipation of kinetic energy between these two turbulent models differ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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