Questions tagged [ocean-models]
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Australia east coast data access WW3
I am currently looking into
https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/product_table.shtml?-multi_1-
And wondering why no station for the Australia East Coast is defined in the list.
The northernmost station ...
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What is the reason for the stratification of water column in oceans?
I read that isopycnal diffusion is 107 times larger than diapycnal diffusion and this is the reason why the concentrations in the thermocline and below do not propagate to shallow waters. However, I ...
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How to install ESMF and ESMFPy in Ubuntu using gfortran, gcc, python?
I am trying to regrid some of my latitude-longitude grid files to tripolar ocean grid and found that ESMF can be useful. However, I am finding it hard to install the same.
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SWAN wave model: HSIG is strangely low
I have a question about SWAN wave model, I tried to ask it at the SWAN mailing list, but with no luck, so I'm asking here.
First of all I have to admit I'm not a professional SWAN user. All the ...
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How do I start with Modular Ocean Model version 6 i.e. MOM6 on my ubuntu linux machine?
I am learning ocean modelling and have started with MOM6. I needed guidance on where to start from and how to run the model on my local machine (Ubuntu) to perform various tasks such as regridding or ...
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Regional and Relative Sea level
I am a little confused by the terms "regional" and "relative" in the sea level change context.
Do the two words have the same meaning? Does the "regional MSL trend" in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/...
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Finding vessel and wave's angle of attack [closed]
I am finding angle between ship's heading and component in wave (wave's angle of attack), not sure if ES is a right place to ask this type of question.
Should it be the difference between mean wave ...
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Modelling sea levels with gravitational parameters
Are there any publicly available programs or source code for modelling global (or local) changes in sea level which include parameters for gravitational tidal effects?
I have a physics background, ...
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Global tide calculation
I am familiar with the concept of harmonic tide coefficients and was wondering about the simplest software solution to calculate tides anywhere, worldwide.
Are there any available, open source ...
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What does this reference velocity refer to? (Atmosphere-Ocean Momentum Exchange)
The above image is taken from "Atmosphere–Ocean Momentum Exchange in General Circulation Models", John A.T.Bye 1999. It represents the inertial coupling concept between the atmosphere and ocean.
It ...
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Calculating fetch
I am currently using a Pierson Moskowitz spectrum to model the wave energy in the Mediterranean Sea. However I don't think this this is appropriate due to the limited fetch in the coastal area that I'...
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What is the mean amount (in grams) of dissolved carbon in a ton of sea water?
What is the mean amount (in grams) of dissolved carbon in a ton of sea water ?
The value I want is the concentration value in say the first two metres of surface water (A distribution of this ...
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Should I get my master's in Environmental Science or Environmental Engineering given a Computer Science background? [closed]
I'm currently a Computer Science undergraduate at Georgia Tech. I have ~3.5 GPA, and I want to become a data scientist for the NOAA or a similar organization concerning the acidification of the oceans....
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How will global warming affect climate systems like the ENSO or the MJO?
How will global warming influence climate systems such as the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) or the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?
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Ship turning causing calm water
Can anyone tell me the official or technical term for the effect of when extremely calm water appears when a ship turns sharply in a full circle? I realise it could be related to wakes, but is not a ...
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Are there any general-purpose climate-model coupling projects?
In climate modelling, there are three major model types that form the basis of a fully coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model (AOGCM):
Atmosphere circulation models
Ocean circulation ...
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Half of Earth with most landmass
About 71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and the remaining 29% is landmass*. If you could theoretically cut the planet in half, with the objective of producing a half with the most ...
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What exactly is a model grid?
I have just begun reading some notes about modelling and can't seem to understand what a 1°x1° grid or a 2.5° grid or 1/4° grid is. I know it is something related to the resolution of the area over ...
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How does heat get transported between the surface layer, twilight zone, and the deep ocean?
Just as importantly, how do we measure the heat that's transported from the surface layer into the twilight zone and deep oceans?
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Does the Labrador current affect North Atlantic climate?
This summer has seen very low sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic.
Using animations of these over the last year I feel the runoff of freshwater from Hudson Bay, into the Labrador ...
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Best book/s of oceanic data treatment and analysis?
I would like to purchase a/some books which are really good and practical references to get into the oceanic data (wave heights,currents and sea level) treatment and statistical analysis, coming from ...
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Oceanic-atmospheric coupling between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean basins
The two great basins - Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean have their respective oscillations Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino Southern oscillation that affect the climate of the regions as well as the ...
