Interannual North & Equatorial Pacific Simulation (ECMWF Forcing;1979-2003) |
| Model Description |
| The model is configured for the North and Equatorial Pacific region. The computational domain extends from 98oE to 78o W and 20oS to 65.8oN and the computations are carried out on a mercator grid with 1/12o equatorial resolution (2294 x 1362 grid points, 6.5 km spacing on average). There are 20 vertical layers (see blkdat.input). Bathymetry is derived from a quality controled ETOPO 2.5 dataset. Surface forcing is from daily ECMWF 6 hourly operational product and includes wind stress, wind speed, heat flux (calculated using bulk formula) and precipitation. The model is outfitted with a 3o buffer zone in the south and east boundaries where temperature and salinity is relaxed to climatological T and S. Boundaries are closed along 20 S, in the Indonesian throughflow region and in the Bearing Strait. For details on the advection scheme, mixing etc. see blkdat.input. |
| Data Assimilation |
| There is no data assimilation in this model run. |
| Data availablity |
| The model was run for the time period 1979-2003 and the data are archived at NAVOCEANO. Monthly means from this data is available through the Center For Ocean Atmospheric Studies (COAPS), Florida State University(FSU). The HYCOM format archive files are converted to CF 1.0 compliant NetCDF files using standard HYCOM post-processing package. These files contain diagnostic output at standard Levitus depth levels for several variables including currents, temperature and salinity. The data can be accessed using any OPeDAP enabled client e.g, ferret, Matlab, NCO etc. The OPeNDAP URL can be looked up from the THREDDS Catalog. The Live Access Server allows request for a number of products such as images, custom subsets of data, data access scripts etc. Individual files can also be accessed via standard anonymous FTP. |
| Information on Run Configuration, Computational Grids, Model Bathymetry and Variables |
| blkdat.input Contains model run configuration information such as time steps, advection scheme, mixing etc, vertical structure etc. |
| regional.grid Files containing the location of model grid points |
| regional.depth Files containing the model bathymetry |
| OPeNDAP.info List of model variables and metadata |
| Disclaimer: This is a demonstration product from the HYCOM Consortium and is provided as is. HYCOM Consortium does not warrant or suggest that this data is fit for any particular purpose. Further, COAPS does not guarantee availability, service updates or timely data delivery |
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