The influence of initial conditions and open boundary conditions on shelf circulation in a 3D ocean-shelf model of the North East Atlantic |
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| Authors: | Sarah L Wakelin Jason T Holt Roger Proctor |
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| Institution: | (1) Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK |
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| Abstract: | Data from climatology (World Ocean Atlas) and two large scale operational ocean models (Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model
(FOAM), UK Met. Office and the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM), US Naval Research Laboratory) are used to give initial and
open boundary conditions for a northeast Atlantic implementation of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Model
System (POLCOMS). We study the effects of using the different datasets on the temperature fields and the circulation. On the
continental shelf, comparisons of POLCOMS output with Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer sea surface temperature data
suggest that the effect of using different ocean model initial and boundary conditions is small and that, after 15 months
of model time, the impact of the different initial conditions is negligible. Stronger evidence of influence is seen in the
deeper oceanic regions of the domain. Volume fluxes through sections governing flow into and out of the North Sea, through
the Irish Sea and along the shelf edge show that the impact of the different boundary conditions is small on the shelf but
significant elsewhere. These results are contrasted with the use of climatology to assess the value of these Global Ocean
Data Assimilation Experiment ocean model products. |
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| Keywords: | NE Atlantic North Sea Ocean-shelf exchange |
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