| Investigators | Dennis McGillicuddy Valery Kosnyrev |
| Co-Investigators | none |
| SMP Project | Modeling mesoscale biogeochemical processes in a TOPEX/POSEIDON diamond surrounding the U.S.JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time Series |
| Product | Model results for the BATS region |
| Description |
This project was an investigation of the role of mesoscale dynamics
and upper ocean processes on biogeochemical fluxes in the Sargasso Sea.
A three-dimensional coupled physical and
biological model was used together with in situ observations and a full
complement of remotely sensed information (altimetry, ocean color, scatterometry
and AVHRR) to study the biological and chemical ramifications of
spatially and temporally intermittent physical processes. The coupled model
system is configured in a
"Topex/Poseidon (T/P) Diamond" surrounding the U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic
Time Series Study (BATS) site, and is a hindcast simulation of streamfunction and vorticity for the BATS region:
Oct 92 - Sep 98". Reported fields from the gridded 4-D QG model include:
and with the rectangular coordinate system rotated 64 degrees counter-clockwise:
Detailed information including animated results, associated software and model code are available from the project web page at URL: http://science.whoi.edu/users/mcgillic/tpd/tpd.html A publication is also available: McGillicuddy and Kosnyrev, 2001 (PDF) |
| Submitted | July 2001 |
| e-Citation | McGillicuddy, D.J. and V.K. Kosnyrev; U.S. JGOFS Synthesis & Modeling Project - Data. U.S. JGOFS. iPub: July 2001. 'date you accessed the data' http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/las?dset=Model+Results/T/P+Diamond+Model+Around+BATS |
| References | McGillicuddy, D.J. and V.K. Kosnyrev, 2001. Dynamical interpolation of mesoscale flows in the TOPEX/ Poseidon diamond surrounding the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site, J. Geophys. Res., 106:16,641-16,656 |
| Contact | Dennis J. McGillicuddy Dept of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 98 Water Street, MS#12 Woods Hole, MA 02543 tel: (508) 289-2683 fax: (508) 457-2194 email: dmcgillicuddy@whoi.edu |