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The Future of Ocean Modeling--Sonya Legg, Alistair Adcroft, Whit Anderson, V. Balaji, John Dunne, Stephen Griffies, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison, Isaac Held, Tony Rosati, Robbie Toggweiler, Geoff Vallis, and Laurent White
Pages 77-80

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From page 77...
... Numerical models and the computers they run on are now integral to ocean science. Models can be used for both short term prediction and long term projection, as low cost testbeds for observational scenarios, and to integrate and synthesize observations, as well as to explore the fundamental physics and biogeochemistry of the ocean.
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From page 78...
... However, it is unlikely that adaptive grids will be used in global climate models due to lingering concerns about their use with complex subgridscale parameterizations. Instead adaptive grids are more likely to be useful in local area models, such as in coastal storm surge forecasting and hurricane forecasting.
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From page 79...
... New observations such as global measurements of the spatial and temporal variability of turbulent mixing, measurements of currents and mixing under ice sheets, and continuous measurements of the fluxes into and out of geostrophic eddies, will stimulate modeling studies of the role of the ocean on the ice sheets, and the importance of tidal mixing and mesoscale eddies to the global circulation. As models begin to employ parameterizations without tunable dimensional parameters they will be able to be applied to paleooceanographic problems such as deglaciation and CO2 variations.
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From page 80...
... All these needs have to be balanced against maintaining rigor in fundamental oceanographic understanding, and the reward structure of the research and academic institutions.
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  • process studies
  • data assimilation
  • ocean models
  • ice sheets
  • climate models

  • mesoscale eddies
  • global circulation
  • models accessible
  • storm surge
  • coupled assimilation

  • adaptive grids
  • decadal variability
  • resolution coupled
  • dynamics techniques
  • intelligent observing

  • web interfaces
  • turbulent mixing
  • vertical discretization
  • subsurface data
  • processes provided

  • coupled model
  • term projection
  • cost testbeds
  • significant challenge
  • global ocean

  • model modules
  • complex subgridscale
  • geochemical cycles
  • surge prediction
  • user base


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