A nested model of the Nordic Seas

A nested version of the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) has been st up on the Nordic Seas in order to give a quantitative description of the changes of the main currents there. the nested model is initialized with interpolated model data from a global version of MICOM. It is forced by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sandø, Anne Britt, Drange, Helge
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2007
Subjects:
Nordic Seas
Iceland Scotland Ridge
Ocean model
Nesting
Isopycnic coordinates
MICOM
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7544052
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Summary:A nested version of the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) has been st up on the Nordic Seas in order to give a quantitative description of the changes of the main currents there. the nested model is initialized with interpolated model data from a global version of MICOM. It is forced by NCEP-NCAR synoptic fields over the integration period 1948-2003, including realistic river runoff. The model has been validated against observations in the Iceland-Faroe-Scotland ridge region, and reproduces circulation, temperature and salinity quite well. NERSC Technical Report no. 268

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