POM/MICOM Inter-Comparison in Modeling the East Sea Circulation SCOPUS KCI OTHER

Title
POM/MICOM Inter-Comparison in Modeling the East Sea Circulation
Author(s)
Kim, K.-J.; Seung, Y.-H.; Suk, M.-S.
Alternative Author(s)
석문식
Publication Year
2001
Abstract
A model-to-model comparison is attempted between Princeton Ocean Model (POM) and Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) as a first step to extend our knowledge of models' performances in studying the East Sea circulation. The two models have fundamentally different numerical schemes and boundary conditions imposed on these models are not exactly the same each other. This study indicates that MICOM has a critical weak point in that it does not reproduce the shallow surface currents properly while it handles the thermohaline processes and associated movements of intermediate and deep waters efficiently. It is suggested that the mixed layer scheme needs to be modified so that it can match with inflow boundary conditions in order to reproduce the surface currents properly in MICOM. POM reproduces the surface current pattern better than MICOM, although the surface currents in POM appear to undergo the unrealistic seasonal variation and have exaggeratedly large vertical scale. These defects seem to arise during the process of adapting POM to the East Sea, and removing these defects is left as a future task.
ISSN
1598-141X
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5949
Bibliographic Citation
Ocean and Polar Research, v.23, no.2, pp.161 - 172, 2001
Keywords
East Sea circulation; Model comparison; POM/MICOM
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Review
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