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Evaluation of HYCOM Upper Ocean Mixing Parameterizations

Evaluation of HYCOM Upper Ocean Mixing Parameterizations. 1 GEST, UMBC/ NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2 MPO, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149 3 NASA GSFC , Greenbelt, MD 20771. S. Daniel Jacob 1 , Lynn K. Shay 2 , George R. Halliwell 2 and David Le Vine 3.

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Evaluation of HYCOM Upper Ocean Mixing Parameterizations

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  1. Evaluation of HYCOM Upper Ocean Mixing Parameterizations 1 GEST, UMBC/ NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2 MPO, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149 3 NASA GSFC , Greenbelt, MD 20771 S. Daniel Jacob1, Lynn K. Shay2, George R. Halliwell2 and David Le Vine3 A. Wallcraft (NRL Stennis), M. Powell (NOAA HRD), O. M. Smedstad Partial Funding from NOAA Joint Hurricane Testbed, NSF US Weather Research Program

  2. Upper Ocean Mixing and Hurricane Intensity • Based on Observational Analysis (Jacob et al., JPO 2000) • Entrainment is the dominant mechanism in the mixed layer cooling. • Mixed layer heat and mass budgets strongly depend upon the entrainment scheme used. • Numerical Modeling (Jacob and Shay, JPO, 2003): • Measured and simulated quantities based on different hypothesis are used to compute entrainment mixing. • Bulk schemes in using MICOM

  3. MOVIE 1 KT Gaspar DDF PRT

  4. GILBERT UPPER OCEAN RESPONSE EXPERIMENT Shay et al. JGR 1992

  5. MODEL-DATA COMPARISON ALL STORM WAKE1 WAKE2

  6. Mixing Schemes Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model Evaluate higher order turbulence closure schemes for hurricane forcing based on the data acquired during the three storms Precipitation Effects TRMM measurements Large rain-rates of more than 15 mm/hr have been observed. Mixing effects Heat Fluxes OBJECTIVES

  7. Data Resources • Data were acquired in 2002 as part of the NSF USWRP in two additional storms Isidore and Lili in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Region. • Overall, number of profiles available for comparison include: • 339 Temperature Profiles from AXBTs, AXCPs and AXCTDs • 178 Current Profiles from AXCPs • 134 Salinity Profiles from AXCTD • Other data includes • Aircraft acquired atmospheric forcing data for specifying boundary layer forcing • 1988 year day 200 data for model initialization for Gilbert

  8. Hurricane Gilbert Case • Configuration • Domain: Gulf of Mexico • Resolution: 0.07 • 20/22/50 Levels/ Layers • Closed Boundaries • Initial Conditions • Quiescent and Realistic • No Precip vs Precip for Quiescent conditions

  9. TEMPERATURE-SALINITY DIAGRAM

  10. WIND FIELD STRUCTURE 16 SEP 88 06UTC

  11. Hycom Q Movie Gaspar KPP MY2.5 PWP

  12. 2 Rmax

  13. TEMPERATURE-SALINITY DIAGRAM Case E Case E GCW Case C Case Q

  14. MICOM HYCOM 1988 Yearday 200 to 258 with COADS climatological forcing with KT scheme Center position is accurate within 0.3°, Strength consistent with data

  15. KPP PWP MY GISS

  16. PRECIP STRUCTURE 16 SEP 88 06UTC mm/day

  17. KPP KPP NO PRECIP KPP KPP WITH PRECIP OCEAN RESPONSE at 06 UTC, 16 SEP 1988 MLT MLS

  18. ΔOCEAN RESPONSE at 06 UTC, 16 SEP 1988 KPP PWP ΔMLT MY2.5 GISS

  19. ΔOCEAN RESPONSE at 06 UTC, 16 SEP 1988 KPP PWP ΔMLS MY2.5 GISS

  20. No Precip 2 Rmax Precip

  21. 2 Rmax PWP

  22. WIND FIELD STRUCTURE 22 SEP 02 12UTC

  23. KPP GISS

  24. SUMMARY • HYCOM simulations also show a strong oceanic ML budget dependence on the entrainment closure scheme in the directly forced region. • Implications for storm intensity. • Initial comparisons with data indicates better performance of KPP and MY2.5 for the Gilbert case. Comparisons will be performed with 50 levels/layers and also in Isidore and Lili cases. • The PWP scheme simulates coolest and most saline mixed layer without precipitation. Due to the stabilizing effect of precipitation, mixed layer cooling is reduced by ~0.5° C when rainfall is added. • A freshening of 0.25 PSU is seen in simulations with added precipitation. This counteracts mixing of more saline water from below.

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