MOVE/MRI.COM-CORE

Area: Global

Period: 1948-2007

Data available: NO

Model: MRI.COM Ver. 3 (The version submitted to the CLIVAR-WGOMD CORE2 project)
Resolution: Lat: 0.5°, Lon: 1° (Tripolar Coordinate), 51 Levels (Max level: 6350m. Max thickness 600m. The layer thickness is equal to or less than 10m above 200m depth.), 90°S-90°N, 0-360°E (The Whole Globe)
Data assimilated: T, S profiles (WOD01, GTSPP)
Assimilation method: MOVE Ver. 3 (3DVAR-FGAT with coupled T-S EOF modes)
Forcing and relaxation used: The common forcing data for CLIVAR-WGOMD CORE2 project
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Contact: YOSUKE FUJII, yfujii (at) mri-jma.go.jp, (Japan Meteorological Agency/ Meteorological Research Institute)
References: Tsujino H, M. Hirabara, H. Nakano, T. Yasuda, T. Motoi, G. Yamanaka (2011), Simulating present climate of the global ocean-ice system using the Meteorological Research Institute Community Ocean Model (MRI.COM): simulation characteristics and variability in the Pacific sector, J. Oceanogr., 67, 449--479. (For the ocean model)
Usui, N., S. Ishizaki, Y. Fujii, H. Tsujino, T. Yasuda, and M. Kamachi (2006), Meteorological Research Institute Multivariate Ocean Variational Estimation (MOVE) System: Some early results, Adv. Spa. Res., 37, 806--822. (For the assimilation scheme)
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