A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies
A new, high-resolution model for the northern part of the Aegean Sea, aimed primarily at climatological research (relaxation and data assimilation-free climate simulations), is hereby presented, along with the results of a 28-year-long simulation covering the period from 1986 to 2013. The model appl...
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| description | A new, high-resolution model for the northern part of the Aegean Sea, aimed primarily at climatological research (relaxation and data assimilation-free climate simulations), is hereby presented, along with the results of a 28-year-long simulation covering the period from 1986 to 2013. The model applied is the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS). A significant improvement over previous models of the Aegean introduced in this work is the replacement of parameterizations of the Dardanelles exchange by a fully three-dimensional simulation of the flow in the Strait. The incorporation of part of the Marmara Sea in the model domain enables the interaction with other regional climate simulations, thus allowing climatic variability of the exchange of the Mediterranean and Black Seas. An extensive validation is carried out comparing the model output with all the available observations from several different platforms, i.e., satellite sea surface temperature and height, T/S profiles from R/V ships, and HF radar surface currents velocity. We focus on the model’s ability to reproduce, to some extent, the distinct thermohaline features and circulation patterns that characterize this specific area of the Mediterranean Sea. Our findings, after comparing simulation results with all the available observations, revealed the model’s sufficiency to simulate very adequately the complex hydrology of the North Aegean Sea, and the model’s ability to reproduce incidents of deep-water formation that took place in the region in previous decades during the Eastern Mediterranean Transient (EMT). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19a238d62a4b457bafd3e430fb2b237b2023-11-23T09:04:07ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-12-01912146310.3390/jmse9121463A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological StudiesIoannis G. Mamoutos0Emmanuel Potiris1Elina Tragou2Vassilis Zervakis3Stamatios Petalas4Department of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceDepartment of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceDepartment of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceDepartment of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceDepartment of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceA new, high-resolution model for the northern part of the Aegean Sea, aimed primarily at climatological research (relaxation and data assimilation-free climate simulations), is hereby presented, along with the results of a 28-year-long simulation covering the period from 1986 to 2013. The model applied is the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS). A significant improvement over previous models of the Aegean introduced in this work is the replacement of parameterizations of the Dardanelles exchange by a fully three-dimensional simulation of the flow in the Strait. The incorporation of part of the Marmara Sea in the model domain enables the interaction with other regional climate simulations, thus allowing climatic variability of the exchange of the Mediterranean and Black Seas. An extensive validation is carried out comparing the model output with all the available observations from several different platforms, i.e., satellite sea surface temperature and height, T/S profiles from R/V ships, and HF radar surface currents velocity. We focus on the model’s ability to reproduce, to some extent, the distinct thermohaline features and circulation patterns that characterize this specific area of the Mediterranean Sea. Our findings, after comparing simulation results with all the available observations, revealed the model’s sufficiency to simulate very adequately the complex hydrology of the North Aegean Sea, and the model’s ability to reproduce incidents of deep-water formation that took place in the region in previous decades during the Eastern Mediterranean Transient (EMT).https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1463North Aegean Seaocean circulationthermohaline functioningdeep basins |
| spellingShingle | Ioannis G. Mamoutos Emmanuel Potiris Elina Tragou Vassilis Zervakis Stamatios Petalas A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies Journal of Marine Science and Engineering North Aegean Sea ocean circulation thermohaline functioning deep basins |
| title | A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies |
| title_full | A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies |
| title_fullStr | A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies |
| title_short | A High-Resolution Numerical Model of the North Aegean Sea Aimed at Climatological Studies |
| title_sort | high resolution numerical model of the north aegean sea aimed at climatological studies |
| topic | North Aegean Sea ocean circulation thermohaline functioning deep basins |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1463 |
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