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| Titel |
A high-resolution free-surface model of the Mediterranean Sea |
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M. Tonani, N. Pinardi, S. Dobricic, I. Pujol, C. Fratianni |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1812-0784
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| Erschienen |
In: Ocean Science ; 4, no. 1 ; Nr. 4, no. 1 (2008-01-24), S.1-14 |
| Datensatznummer |
250001530
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/os-4-1-2008.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
This study describes a new model implementation for the Mediterranean Sea
with what is currently the highest vertical resolution over the
Mediterranean basin. The resolution is of 1/16°×1/16° in the
horizontal and has 72 unevenly spaced vertical levels. This model has been
developed in the frame of the EU-MFSTEP project and is the operational
forecast model currently used at the basin scale.
The model considers an implicit free surface and this characteristic
enhances the model's capability to simulate the sea surface height
variability and the net transport at the Strait of Gibraltar.
In this study we show the calibration/validation experiments performed
before and after the model was used for forecasting. The first experiment
consists of a six-year simulation forced by a perpetual year forcing, and
the other experiment is a simulation from January 1997 to December 2004,
forcing the model with 6-h atmospheric forcing fields from ECMWF. The
model Sea Level Anomaly has been compared for the first time with satellite
SLA and with ARGO data to provide evidence of the quality of the simulation.
The results show that this model is capable of reproducing most of the
variability of the general circulation in the Mediterranean Sea. However,
some basic model inadequacies stand out and should be corrected in the near
future. |
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