TY - JOUR
T1 - Doppio-a ROMS (v3.6)-based circulation model for the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine
T2 - Configuration and comparison to integrated coastal observing network observations
AU - López, Alexander G.
AU - Wilkin, John L.
AU - Levin, Julia C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. The research and development of Doppio has been funded by directly by the NOAA grants listed below and indirectly via other support by NASA, NOAA, NSF, and ONR. The authors thank the international ROMS user community on http://www.myroms.org for the continued discussion and advancement of the ROMS project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Author(s).
PY - 2020/8/24
Y1 - 2020/8/24
N2 - We describe Doppio, a ROMS-based (Regional Ocean Modeling System) model of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine regions of the northwestern North Atlantic developed in anticipation of future applications to biogeochemical cycling, ecosystems, estuarine downscaling, and near-real-time forecasting. This free-running regional model is introduced with circulation simulations covering 2007-2017. The ROMS configuration choices for the model are detailed, and the forcing and boundary data choices are described and explained. A comprehensive observational data set is compiled for skill assessment from satellites and in situ observations from regional associations of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing Systems, including moorings, autonomous gliders, profiling floats, surface-current-measuring coastal radar, and fishing fleet sensors. Doppio's performance is evaluated with respect to these observations by representation of subregional temperature and salinity error statistics, as well as velocity and sea level coherence spectra. Model circulation for the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine is visualized alongside the mean dynamic topography to convey the model's capabilities.
AB - We describe Doppio, a ROMS-based (Regional Ocean Modeling System) model of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine regions of the northwestern North Atlantic developed in anticipation of future applications to biogeochemical cycling, ecosystems, estuarine downscaling, and near-real-time forecasting. This free-running regional model is introduced with circulation simulations covering 2007-2017. The ROMS configuration choices for the model are detailed, and the forcing and boundary data choices are described and explained. A comprehensive observational data set is compiled for skill assessment from satellites and in situ observations from regional associations of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing Systems, including moorings, autonomous gliders, profiling floats, surface-current-measuring coastal radar, and fishing fleet sensors. Doppio's performance is evaluated with respect to these observations by representation of subregional temperature and salinity error statistics, as well as velocity and sea level coherence spectra. Model circulation for the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine is visualized alongside the mean dynamic topography to convey the model's capabilities.
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U2 - 10.5194/gmd-13-3709-2020
DO - 10.5194/gmd-13-3709-2020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090329360
VL - 13
SP - 3709
EP - 3729
JO - Geoscientific Model Development
JF - Geoscientific Model Development
SN - 1991-959X
IS - 8
ER -