Short-term oceanic response predicted by a mixed layer model forced with a sector atmospheric model

A one-dimensional version of the Garwood bulk, oceanic mixed layer model is used to simulate the short-term response in a 60 degree sector. The atmospheric forcing is derived from a version of the UCLA general circulation model used by Sandgathe to study the role of air-sea fluxes in maritime cyclogenesis. A five-day integration of the ocean model is made using the complete 3 h momentum and heat flux histories as calculated by the sophisticated planetary boundary layer, latent heat and radiative parameterizations of the UCLA model.