Data assimilation in the FOAM operational short‐range ocean forecasting system: a description of the scheme and its impact

MJ Martin, A Hines, MJ Bell - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed description of the data assimilation scheme used in the Forecasting Ocean
Assimilation Model (FOAM) operational ocean forecasting system is presented. The …

Wind work in a model of the northwest Atlantic Ocean

X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch - Geophysical research letters, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The work done by the wind over the northwest Atlantic Ocean is examined using a realistic
high‐resolution ocean model driven by synoptic wind forcing. Two model runs are …

A generic approach to explicit simulation of uncertainty in the NEMO ocean model

JM Brankart, G Candille, F Garnier… - Geoscientific Model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
In this paper, a generic implementation approach is presented, with the aim of transforming
a deterministic ocean model (like NEMO) into a probabilistic model. With this approach …

Interannual variability of the circulation over the eastern Canadian shelf

J Urrego-Blanco, J Sheng - Atmosphere-Ocean, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the main physical processes affecting the interannual variability of
circulation over the eastern Canadian continental shelf (ECS) based on numerical …

Numerical study of circulation, dispersion, and hydrodynamic connectivity of surface waters on the Belize shelf

L Tang, J Sheng, BG Hatcher… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A nested grid ocean circulation modeling system is used to examine the circulation,
dispersion, and hydrodynamic connectivity of surface waters on the Belizean shelf. The …

The use of a flow field correction technique for alleviating the North Atlantic cold bias with application to the Kiel Climate Model

A Drews, RJ Greatbatch, H Ding, M Latif, W Park - Ocean Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The North Atlantic cold bias, associated with the misplacement of the North Atlantic
Current (NAC) and typically extending from the surface to 1000 m depth, is a common …

Numerical study of the storm-induced circulation on the Scotian Shelf during Hurricane Juan using a nested-grid ocean model

J Sheng, X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch - Progress in Oceanography, 2006 - Elsevier
A nested-grid ocean circulation modelling system is used to assess the upper ocean
response of the Scotian Shelf and adjacent slope to Hurricane Juan in September 2003. The …

Transport driven by eddy momentum fluxes in the Gulf Stream Extension region

RJ Greatbatch, X Zhai, M Claus… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of the Gulf Stream Extension region in climate and seasonal prediction
research is being increasingly recognised. Here we use satellite‐derived eddy momentum …

On the control of subantarctic stratification by the ocean circulation

RJ Small, AK DuVivier, DB Whitt, MC Long, I Grooms… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
A shallow mixed layer depth bias in Austral winter in the Subantarctic Zone is a common
feature of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) models, including the …

Ocean eddy momentum fluxes at the latitudes of the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio extensions as revealed by satellite data

RJ Greatbatch, X Zhai, JD Kohlmann, L Czeschel - Ocean Dynamics, 2010 - Springer
Eddy momentum fluxes, ie Reynold stresses, are computed for the latitude bands of the Gulf
Stream and Kuroshio extensions using 13 years of data from the merged satellite altimeter …