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<p>Ecosystem models, used mainly in studying the interactions between different trophic levels, can also be used for ocean circulation model skill assessment, with the help of satellite ocean color data. This paper presents how the use of a simple NPZ primary productivity ecosystem model, coupled to a hydrodynamical model, can help assessing the skill of the physical ocean model in depicting realistically the prevailing mesoscale features of the upper layers of the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that the physical model effectively reproduces the mesoscale features of circulation underlying the resulting chlorophyll concentrations, especially when circulation fronts exist.</p>
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Ecosystem models, used mainly in studying the interactions between different trophic levels, can also be used for ocean circulation model skill assessment, with the help of satellite ocean color data. This paper presents how the use of a simple NPZ primary productivity ecosystem model, coupled to a hydrodynamical model, can help assessing the skill of the physical ocean model in depicting realistically the prevailing mesoscale features of the upper layers of the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that the physical model effectively reproduces the mesoscale features of circulation underlying the resulting chlorophyll concentrations, especially when circulation fronts exist.

On the use of a simple primary productivity model to assess the skill of a physical ocean model

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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Ecosystem models, used mainly in studying the interactions between different trophic levels, can also be used for ocean circulation model skill assessment,...

On the use of a simple primary productivity model to assess the skill of a physical ocean model

Published Online: Jun 02, 2011

Page range: 86 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0019-2

Keywords
operational oceanography, coupled physical-biochemical models, ocean color, skill assessment, primary productivity, chlorophyll concentrations

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On the use of a simple primary productivity model to assess the skill of a physical ocean model

Published Online: Jun 02, 2011

Page range: 86 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0019-2

Keywordsoperational oceanography, coupled physical-biochemical models, ocean color, skill assessment, primary productivity, chlorophyll concentrations

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
operational oceanography, coupled physical-biochemical models, ocean color, skill assessment, primary productivity, chlorophyll concentrations