Evaluation of regional ocean circulation models for the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar: volume transport and thermohaline properties of the outflow

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Javier Soto-Navarro, Samuel Somot, Florence Sevault, Jonathan Beuvier, Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva, Jesús García-Lafuente, Karine Béranger]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 44/5-6(2015-03-01), 1277-1292
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a Evaluation of regional ocean circulation models for the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar: volume transport and thermohaline properties of the outflow  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Javier Soto-Navarro, Samuel Somot, Florence Sevault, Jonathan Beuvier, Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva, Jesús García-Lafuente, Karine Béranger] 
520 3 |a A set of simulations from different configurations of the NEMOMED8, NEMOMED12 and NEMOMED36 ocean regional circulation models for the Mediterranean Sea has been studied in order to assess the accuracy of their representation of the exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar. The model volume transport and thermohaline properties of the Mediterranean outflow have been compared with observational data collected at Espartel sill, the westernmost sill of the strait, by a permanent station moored since October 2004 in the frame of the INGRES projects. Results show that, in terms of volume transport, NEMOMED8 simulations perform a better representation of the exchange, while NEMOMED12/36 underestimate both the mean inflow and outflow. The reason for this underestimation is a too low velocity of the flow, which could be consequence of an enhanced roughness effect due the flow-bathymetry interaction. An important improvement in the representation of the exchange seasonality is achieved by the simulations including sea surface height variability of the Atlantic area of the domain. The results for the themohaline characteristics of the Mediterranean outflow are better for NEMOMED12 and NEMOMED36, as a consequence of their better representation of the local dynamical processes that leads to a more realistic composition of the Mediterranean waters comprising the flow. 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a Mediterranean Sea  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Strait of Gibraltar  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Ocean regional circulation model  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Mediterranean outflow  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Mediterranean waters  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Mediterranean climate  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Soto-Navarro  |D Javier  |u Physical Oceanography Group, University of Málaga (GOFIMA), Málaga, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Somot  |D Samuel  |u Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM-GAME, 42 Avenue Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sevault  |D Florence  |u Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM-GAME, 42 Avenue Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Beuvier  |D Jonathan  |u Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM-GAME, 42 Avenue Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Criado-Aldeanueva  |D Francisco  |u Physical Oceanography Group, University of Málaga (GOFIMA), Málaga, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a García-Lafuente  |D Jesús  |u Physical Oceanography Group, University of Málaga (GOFIMA), Málaga, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Béranger  |D Karine  |u UME, ENSTA-ParisTech, Palaiseau Cedex, France  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Beuvier  |D Jonathan  |u Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM-GAME, 42 Avenue Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse, France  |4 aut 
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