UVel USUBM and UISOP

[waguiar]

Hello everyone
I am a new user of CESM/pop, and one doubt came to me when analyzing the ocean velocities output. Might be simple to answer, but I couldn't find the answer anywhere.
I noticed U/V is separated into three components,e.g., for V = VVEL,VSUBM,VISOP. My question is: does VVEL already have embedded in it the submeso (SUBM) and bolus components (VISOP) ? ... or whenever analyzing CESM1.2 velocity output I need to add the three components to have the full speed? (e.g., V=VVEL+VISOP+VISOP?)

 

[Zhuo Zhang]

I have the same question. :) I used to think that UVEL had all the components included.

 

[gvettoretti]

I think, but not 100% sure, VVEL is the Eulerian Mean , if plot the zonal average of the components in the Southern Atlantic Ocean you will see the Decon cell (Eulerian), the eddy induced, the submesoscale respectively, and the residual mean (total) circulation (if you add them together).