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https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-2024-13
https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-2024-13
09 Oct 2024
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Atmospheric Forcing as a driver for Ocean Forecasting

Andreas Schiller, Simon A. Josey, John Siddorn, and Ibrahim Hoteit

Abstract. The connection of the ocean component with the Earth system is subject to the way the atmosphere interacts with it. The paper illustrates the state of the art in the way atmospheric fields are used in ocean models as boundary conditions for the provisioning of the exchanges of heat, freshwater and momentum fluxes. Such fluxes can be based on remote-sensing instruments, like SAR, or provided directly by Numerical Weather Prediction systems. This study also discusses how the ocean-atmosphere fluxes are numerically ingested in ocean models from global to regional to coastal scales. Today’s research frontiers on this topic are opening challenging opportunities for developing more sophisticated coupled ocean-atmosphere systems.

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Andreas Schiller, Simon A. Josey, John Siddorn, and Ibrahim Hoteit

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Andreas Schiller, Simon A. Josey, John Siddorn, and Ibrahim Hoteit
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The study illustrates the way atmospheric fields are used in ocean models as boundary conditions for the provisioning of the exchanges of heat, freshwater and momentum fluxes. Such fluxes can be based on remote-sensing instruments or provided directly by Numerical Weather Prediction systems. Air-sea flux datasets are defined by their spatial and temporal resolutions and are limited by associated biases. Air-sea flux data sets for ocean models should be chosen with the applications in mind.
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