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<h1>Studying the genesis of MODE waters with 1/8 degree lat-lon solutions.</h1> |
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<h4>People</h4> |
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<A href="mailto:gmaze@ocean.mit.edu"> Guillaume Maze</A>,<br> |
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<A href="mailto:jmarsh@mit.edu">John Marshall</A><br> |
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and <A href="mailto:cnh@mit.edu">Chris Hill</A> |
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<h4>Project Description</h4> |
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This project is examaining 1/8 degree resolution solutions from ECCO2 to help develop |
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and validate theoretical models of the air-sea processes that drive MODE water formation. |
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The project is developing high-spatial resolution and high-temporal frequency maps |
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of potential vorticity (PV) fields in active MODE water formation regions such as the Gulf |
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Stream region PV plot shown below |
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Through this work (and other complementary field and data analysis studies) a better understanding |
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of the covariations between air-sea surface processes and the genesis and formation |
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rates of important ocean interior water masses is being developed. |
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<h4>Status</h4> |
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You can read more about how the MODE water analyses are carried out and about |
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their progress at Guillaume Maze's |
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<A href=http://www.mit.edu/~gmaze/index_postdoc.html> research web pages - |
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(possibly the first blogger to focus on potential vorticity!)</A> |
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With NASA AMES we are currently performing a 2000-2005 1/8 degree integration |
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with high-frequency sampling in the upper |
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1000m of the regions shown by the blue rectangles in the figure below |
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We are sampling both surface and interior state of the simulation at high |
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frequency and at every model grid cell within the boxed regions. Additionally |
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full depth sections along the dotted lines are being sampled at high-frequency. |
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