MICOM Current Research Activities

MICOM CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GLOBAL SIMULATIONS

BASIN-SCALE SIMULATIONS

Medium resolution

Very-high-resolution (1/12^o) North Atlantic Simulation

COUPLED MODELS

2^o MICOM coupled to the GISS atmospheric model (4^o x 5^o grid) on a global scale to study ocean-atmospheric feedback, model sensitivity, and climate variability

Decadal variability in the North Atlantic from coupled MICOM-NCAR/CCM3 simulations; model set-up and preliminary results

GENERALIZATION OF THE VERTICAL MODEL COORDINATE to improve vertical resolution in shallow and/or unstratified oceanic regions (HYCOM)

PROCESS STUDIES

Formulation of lateral boundary conditions allowing fine-mesh, regional models to be driven by circulation fields from coarse-mesh basin or global models; Gulf of Mexico model (R. Bleck)

Use of Tracers in Classifying Climate-Relevant North Atlantic Circulation Transients

Simulated Biological Response to Various Wind Products

Model intercomparison study to address the effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon

DIADEM: Development of an assimilation system for a coupled physical (MICOM) and marine ecosystem model for the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway)

Modeling internal tides in the Bay of Biscay. (CMO/RE(EPSHOM), Brest, France)

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Last revised: 8 February 2002