Abstract:

A free-running version of ROMS, the Regional Ocean Modelling System, is implemented for a domain in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. This 500m solution is used for characterizing submesoscale dynamics under the influence of river forcing.

Suggested Citation:

Roy Barkan. 2017. Northern Gulf of Mexico Region Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) simulation, 500 m resolution, with-rivers. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7JS9NVS

Publications:

Choi, J., Bracco, A., Barkan, R., Shchepetkin, A. F., McWilliams, J. C., & Molemaker, J. M. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part III: Lagrangian Implications. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(9), 2361–2376. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-17-0036.1

Barkan, R., McWilliams, J. C., Molemaker, M. J., Choi, J., Srinivasan, K., Shchepetkin, A. F., & Bracco, A. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part II: Temperature–Salinity Relations and Cross-Shelf Transport Processes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(9), 2347–2360. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-17-0040.1

Barkan, R., McWilliams, J. C., Shchepetkin, A. F., Molemaker, M. J., Renault, L., Bracco, A., & Choi, J. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part I: Regional and Seasonal Characterization and the Role of River Outflow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(9), 2325–2346. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-17-0035.1

Pearson, J., Fox-Kemper, B., Barkan, R., Choi, J., Bracco, A., & McWilliams, J. C. (2019). Impacts of Convergence on Structure Functions from Surface Drifters in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(3), 675–690. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-18-0029.1

Barkan, R., Molemaker, M. J., Srinivasan, K., McWilliams, J. C., & D’Asaro, E. A. (2019). The Role of Horizontal Divergence in Submesoscale Frontogenesis. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(6), 1593–1618. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-18-0162.1

Purpose:

To understand the role of river forcing in generating submesoscale currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Data Parameters and Units:

velocities (m/s), salinity (PSU), temperature (C), sea surface height (m), boundary layer depth (m), vertical mixing coefficient (m^2/s), ocean time (s), surface freshwater flux (cm/day), stress (N/m^2), heat flux (W/m^2), surface heat flux sensitivity (W/m^2 C), shortwave radiation (W/m^2), time (seconds since initialization), elevation (m)

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