MEDITERRANEAN SEA PHYSICS REANALYSIS
Area: Mediterranean sea
Period: 1987-2014
Data available: YES
Institution: INGV (Italy), Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
Model: NEMO OPA V3.2
Resolution: The model is located in the Mediterranean Basin and also extend into the Atlantic in order to better resolve the exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar. The model horizontal grid resolution is 1/16° (ca. 6-7 km) and the unevenly spaced vertical levels are 72
Data assimilated: The assimilated data include: sea level anomaly, sea surface temperature, in situ temperature profiles by VOS XBTs (Voluntary Observing Ship-eXpandable Bathythermograph), in situ temperature and salinity profiles by argo floats, and in situ temperature and salinity profiles from CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth). Satellite OA-SST (Objective Analyses-Sea Surface Temperature) data are used for the correction of surface heat fluxes with the relaxation constant of 60 W/m2K1
Assimilation method: OceanVAR
Forcing and relaxation used: ERAInterim; Runoff are provided by monthly mean datasets: the Climate Prediction Centre Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP) Data (Xie and Arkin, 1997); the Global Runoff Data Centre dataset (Fekete et al., 1999) for the Ebro, Nile and Rhone and the dataset from Raicich (Raicich, 1996) for the Adriatic rivers (Po, Vjosë, Seman and Bojana). The Dardanelles inflow is parameterized as a river and the climatological net inflow rates are taken from Kourafalou and Barbopoulos (2003).
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References:
- http://marine.copernicus.eu/documents/PUM/CMEMS-MED-PUM-006-004.pdf (pdf, not barrier-free)
- http://marine.copernicus.eu/documents/QUID/CMEMS-MED-QUID-006-004.pdf (pdf, not barrier-free)