Towards a Coupled Environmental Prediction System
Abstract. Towards the realization of a global coupled air/ocean/ice predictive system for Navy needs, two high resolution modeling efforts are underway whose goals are the development and upgrading of the ocean and sea ice com-ponents. A 0.1°, 40-level global configuration of the Los Alamos National...
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| Summary: | Abstract. Towards the realization of a global coupled air/ocean/ice predictive system for Navy needs, two high resolution modeling efforts are underway whose goals are the development and upgrading of the ocean and sea ice com-ponents. A 0.1°, 40-level global configuration of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Parallel Ocean Program (POP) integration is being per-formed on an IBM SP3; this is the first time an ocean simulation of this size has been carried out. The Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS) 3.0 uses a 1/12°, 45-level grid and covers all the northern ice-covered regions. The latter model and a 0.1°, 40-level North Atlantic only POP integration are compared with coarser resolution runs and observations, demonstrating the importance of high resolu-tion to the representation of ocean circulation. Mean volume and heat transports into the Arctic are realistically simulated by PIPS 3.0. 1 |
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