Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf

Edwards, KP, Barciela, R and Butenschon, M 2012 Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf. Ocean Science, 8. 983 - 1000. https://doi.org/10.5194/osd-9-745-2012

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/osd-9-745-2012

Abstract/Summary

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 (http://www.myocean.eu.org) 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.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Subjects: Computer Science
Ecology and Environment
Marine Sciences
Divisions: Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine System Modelling
Depositing User: EPrints Services
Date made live: 11 Feb 2014 15:58
Last Modified: 13 Dec 2023 12:33
URI: https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/5365

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