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Evolution of the ocean is considered from the view of evolving moments of probability distributions of possible oceans. The result is to anticipate statistical mechanical forcings that are qualitatively different than those considered by conventional ocean modeling. Simplified practical implementation of statistical mechanical forcings within context of conventional modeling shows significant impact upon model results with the suggestion of improvement in areas of chronic model deficiency.
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Holloway, G. (1997). Ocean Circulation: Flow in Probability under Statistical Dynamical Forcing. In: Molchanov, S.A., Woyczynski, W.A. (eds) Stochastic Models in Geosystems. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 85. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8500-4_8
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