Title: Comparative Study on Results Respactively From Numerical Prediction and Argo Temperature-observation in Aden Gulf
Abstract:The Aden Gulf is located in the west of the Indian Ocean,and it is an important region for marine transportation.A variety of the variations of the marine properties with the complicated movements in ...The Aden Gulf is located in the west of the Indian Ocean,and it is an important region for marine transportation.A variety of the variations of the marine properties with the complicated movements in the water,which have their important effects on marine nevigation,can be found in the Aden Gulf.This comparative study is focused on the Aden Gulf in order to compare the results from the wave-circulation coupling model in the global ocean circulation prediction system with the results from the real time/near real time Argo data observed in 2008.The comparative analyses include the comparison between the results from the prediction and the Argo profiles observed in the typical months respectively for various seasons,and the statistical analysis of the predicted temperature deviation from the Argo observational temperature for one year around in 2008.It is learnt from the comparison that the results from the prediction are better consistent with the Argo observed profiles,with the entire predicted values deviated insignificantly from the Argo measnrements.75% of the deviants are limited within ±1 ℃ in the lower depths below 100 m,and 67% of deviants within ±1 ℃ in the upper depths above the 100 m.Some defficiency in the prediction is that the upper layer mixing becomes weaked,and the temperature inversions are not reflected,and some others.The reasons for the defficiency need further studying.One reason might be that the model has its insufficiently high resolution.The results from this study might be useful in setting up a higher resulution system for ocean circnlation prediction in the future.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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