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Initial Results From West Florida Shelf Simulations

George Halliwell
MPO/RSMAS, University of Miami
ghalliwell@rsmas.miami.edu

ABSTRACT

Simulatons of the West Florida Shelf at a horizontal resolution of 1/24 degrees and driven by high-frequency atmospheric forcing are performed to test the sensitivity of HYCOM coastal ocean simulations to vertical mixing and vertical coordinate choices, and also to evaluate the HYCOM nesting algorithm. The vertical mixing choices evaluated include the KPP, NASA/GISS, and Mellor-Yamada submodels. The vertical coordinate choices evaluated include pure sigma coordinates over the entire shelf versus p and isopycnic coordinates over the middle and outer shelf.

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