Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf
This paper details updates to the Met Office's operational coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model from the 7 km Medium-Resolution Continental Shelf – POLCOMS-ERSEM (MRCS-PE) system (Siddorn et al., 2007) to the 7 km Atlantic Margin Model NEMO-ERSEM (AMM7-NE) system. We also provide a validation o...
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doaj-3a0fcd4a8ec54c5d99407908fac569bc2020-11-25T01:50:52ZengCopernicus PublicationsOcean Science1812-07841812-07922012-11-0186983100010.5194/os-8-983-2012Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental ShelfK. P. EdwardsR. BarcielaM. ButenschönThis paper details updates to the Met Office's operational coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model from the 7 km Medium-Resolution Continental Shelf – POLCOMS-ERSEM (MRCS-PE) system (Siddorn et al., 2007) to the 7 km Atlantic Margin Model NEMO-ERSEM (AMM7-NE) system. We also provide a validation of the ecosystem component of the new operational system. Comparisons have been made between the model variables and available in situ, satellite and climatological data. The AMM7-NE system has also been benchmarked against the MRCS-PE system. The transition to the new AMM7-NE system was successful and it has been running operationally since March 2012 and has been providing products through MyOcean (<a href="http://www.myocean.eu.org" target="_blank">http://www.myocean.eu.org</a>) since that time. The results presented herein show the AMM7-NE system performs better than the MRCS-PE system with the most improvement in the model nutrient fields. The problem of nutrient accumulation in the MRCS-PE system appears to be solved in the new AMM7-NE system with nutrient fields improved throughout the domain as discussed in Sect. 4. Improvements in model chlorophyll are also seen but are more modest.http://www.ocean-sci.net/8/983/2012/os-8-983-2012.pdf |
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Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf |
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Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf |
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Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf |
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Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf |
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Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf |
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validation of the nemo-ersem operational ecosystem model for the north west european continental shelf |
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1812-0784 1812-0792 |
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This paper details updates to the Met Office's operational coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model from the 7 km Medium-Resolution Continental Shelf – POLCOMS-ERSEM (MRCS-PE) system (Siddorn et al., 2007) to the 7 km Atlantic Margin Model NEMO-ERSEM (AMM7-NE) system. We also provide a validation of the ecosystem component of the new operational system. Comparisons have been made between the model variables and available in situ, satellite and climatological data. The AMM7-NE system has also been benchmarked against the MRCS-PE system. The transition to the new AMM7-NE system was successful and it has been running operationally since March 2012 and has been providing products through MyOcean (<a href="http://www.myocean.eu.org" target="_blank">http://www.myocean.eu.org</a>) since that time. The results presented herein show the AMM7-NE system performs better than the MRCS-PE system with the most improvement in the model nutrient fields. The problem of nutrient accumulation in the MRCS-PE system appears to be solved in the new AMM7-NE system with nutrient fields improved throughout the domain as discussed in Sect. 4. Improvements in model chlorophyll are also seen but are more modest. |
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