RSMAS/MPO Coastal and Shelf Modeling

A BOX-like domain was designed to conduct process-oriented river plume experiments. It is a mid-latitude, f-plane ( f = 10-4 s-1) rectangular basin that is approximately 200 km long in the across-shore direction and 500 long in the along-shore direction. A 25km wide coast is placed in the west side of the basin and the offshore boundaries are open. A simplified estuary is located at the coast. Short black solid line denotes where river discharge is imposed. Dashed lines represent the location of vertical sections.

RESOLUTION:

2.5 km x 2.5 km, 16 vertical levels (z-levels with a flat bottom basin, sigma levels with a sloping bottom basin).

OUTER MODELS:

No nesting

DATA ASSIMILATION:

No data assimilation

FORCING:

River discharge imposed at the head of the estuary

APPLICATIONS:

• Dynamics of river plumes
• Sensitivity tests and model parameterization
• Delta river plumes

CONTACT:

Villy Kourafalou — vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu
Rafael Schiller — rschiller@rsmas.miami.edu