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A dynamical downscaling approach for the improved representation of sub-annual coastal sea level variability: the importance of shelf and slope ocean dynamics
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
John Krasting
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Andrew Ross
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
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To improve forecasts, we build and analyze an ensemble of year-long hindcasts of sea level in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. With a focus at US East Coast tide gauge stations, we reveal regional differences in simulated variability resulting from different parent and downscaled ocean model horizontal resolution. We consider differences among parent model, downscaled model, and observed variability as a function of frequency and find downscaled enhancements increase with decreasing latitude.
To improve forecasts, we build and analyze an ensemble of year-long hindcasts of sea level in...
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