ECOSMO II(CHL): a marine biogeochemical model for the North Atlantic and the Arctic
ECOSMO II is a fully coupled bio-physical model of 3D hydrodynamics with an intermediate-complexity NPZD (nutrient, phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus) type biology including sediment-water column exchange processes originally formulated for the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Here we present an updated...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a5f90ab342864594853de013aa633f1d 2023-05-15T14:52:04+02:00 ECOSMO II(CHL): a marine biogeochemical model for the North Atlantic and the Arctic V. Ç. Yumruktepe A. Samuelsen U. Daewel 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3901-2022 https://doaj.org/article/a5f90ab342864594853de013aa633f1d EN eng Copernicus Publications https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/15/3901/2022/gmd-15-3901-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1991-959X https://doaj.org/toc/1991-9603 doi:10.5194/gmd-15-3901-2022 1991-959X 1991-9603 https://doaj.org/article/a5f90ab342864594853de013aa633f1d Geoscientific Model Development, Vol 15, Pp 3901-3921 (2022) Geology QE1-996.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3901-2022 2022-12-31T02:37:51Z ECOSMO II is a fully coupled bio-physical model of 3D hydrodynamics with an intermediate-complexity NPZD (nutrient, phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus) type biology including sediment-water column exchange processes originally formulated for the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Here we present an updated version of the model incorporating chlorophyll a as a prognostic state variable: ECOSMO II(CHL). The version presented here is online coupled to the HYCOM ocean model. The model is intended to be used for regional configurations for the North Atlantic and the Arctic incorporating coarse to high spatial resolutions for hind-casting and operational purposes. We provide the full descriptions of the changes in ECOSMO II(CHL) from ECOSMO II and provide the evaluation for the inorganic nutrients and chlorophyll a variables, present the modelled biogeochemistry of the Nordic Seas and the Arctic, and experiment on various parameterization sets as use cases targeting chlorophyll a dynamics. We document the performance of each parameter set objectively analysing the experiments against in situ, satellite and climatology data. The model evaluations for each experiment demonstrated that the simulations are consistent with the large-scale climatological nutrient setting and are capable of representing regional and seasonal changes. Explicitly resolving chlorophyll a allows for more dynamic seasonal and vertical variations in phytoplankton biomass to chlorophyll a ratio and improves model chlorophyll a performance near the surface. Through experimenting with the model performance, we document the general biogeochemisty of the Nordic Seas and the Arctic. The Norwegian and Barents seas primary production show distinct seasonal patterns with a pronounced spring bloom dominated by diatoms and low biomass during winter months. The Norwegian Sea annual primary production is around double that of the Barents Sea while also having an earlier spring bloom. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Nordic Seas North Atlantic Norwegian Sea Phytoplankton Zooplankton Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Barents Sea Norwegian Sea Geoscientific Model Development 15 9 3901 3921 |
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ECOSMO II is a fully coupled bio-physical model of 3D hydrodynamics with an intermediate-complexity NPZD (nutrient, phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus) type biology including sediment-water column exchange processes originally formulated for the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Here we present an updated version of the model incorporating chlorophyll a as a prognostic state variable: ECOSMO II(CHL). The version presented here is online coupled to the HYCOM ocean model. The model is intended to be used for regional configurations for the North Atlantic and the Arctic incorporating coarse to high spatial resolutions for hind-casting and operational purposes. We provide the full descriptions of the changes in ECOSMO II(CHL) from ECOSMO II and provide the evaluation for the inorganic nutrients and chlorophyll a variables, present the modelled biogeochemistry of the Nordic Seas and the Arctic, and experiment on various parameterization sets as use cases targeting chlorophyll a dynamics. We document the performance of each parameter set objectively analysing the experiments against in situ, satellite and climatology data. The model evaluations for each experiment demonstrated that the simulations are consistent with the large-scale climatological nutrient setting and are capable of representing regional and seasonal changes. Explicitly resolving chlorophyll a allows for more dynamic seasonal and vertical variations in phytoplankton biomass to chlorophyll a ratio and improves model chlorophyll a performance near the surface. Through experimenting with the model performance, we document the general biogeochemisty of the Nordic Seas and the Arctic. The Norwegian and Barents seas primary production show distinct seasonal patterns with a pronounced spring bloom dominated by diatoms and low biomass during winter months. The Norwegian Sea annual primary production is around double that of the Barents Sea while also having an earlier spring bloom. |
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ECOSMO II(CHL): a marine biogeochemical model for the North Atlantic and the Arctic |
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ECOSMO II(CHL): a marine biogeochemical model for the North Atlantic and the Arctic |
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ECOSMO II(CHL): a marine biogeochemical model for the North Atlantic and the Arctic |
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ecosmo ii(chl): a marine biogeochemical model for the north atlantic and the arctic |
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