Comparison of RIAMOM and MOM in modeling the East Sea/Japan Sea circulation
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Title
- Comparison of RIAMOM and MOM in modeling the East Sea/Japan Sea circulation
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Author(s)
- Lee, H.J.; Yoon, J.H.; Kawamura, H.; Kang, H.-W.
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- Kang, Hyoun Woo(강현우)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 강현우
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Publication Year
- 2003
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Abstract
- The seasonal variations in the circulation of the water mass in the East Sea/Japan Sea have been simulated using a free surface primitive ocean model, RIAMOM (RIAM Ocean Model), comparing the results from GFDL-MOMI (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Modular Ocean Model, version 1. 1, hereafter MOM) with the GDEM (Generalized Digital Environmental Model) data. Both models appear to successfully reproduce the distinct features of circulation in the East Sea/Japan Sea, such as the NB (Nearshore Branch) flowing along the Japanese coast, the EKWC (East Korean Warm Current) flowing northward along the Korean coast, and the NKCC/LCC (North Korean Cold Current/Liman Cold Current) flowing southwestward along Korean/Russian coast. RIAMOM has shown better performance, compared to MOM, in terms of the realistic simulation of the flow field in the East Sea/Japan Sea; RIAMOM has produced more rectified flows on the coastal region, for example, the narrower and stronger NKCC/LCC than MOM has. There is however obvious differences between the model results and the GDEM data in terms of the calculation of the water mass; both models have shown a tendency to overpredict temperature and underpredict salinity below 50m; more diffusive forms of thermocline and halocline have been simulated than noted in GDEM data.
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ISSN
- 1598-141X
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5581
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DOI
- 10.4217/OPR.2003.25.3.287
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Bibliographic Citation
- Ocean and Polar Research, v.25, no.3, pp.287 - 302, 2003
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Publisher
- Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
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Subject
- comparative study; modeling; oceanic circulation; seasonal variation; water mass; East China Sea; Sea of Japan
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Keywords
- Circulation; East sea/Japan sea; MOM; RIAMOM
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Type
- Article
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Language
- Korean
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Document Type
- Article
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