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[PAST EVENT] "Multi-scale modeling of ocean boundary currents"
November 6, 2015
3pm - 4:30pm
Location
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium1375 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062Map this location
Presenter: Enrique Curchitser
Associate Professor Physical Oceanography/Modeling
Rutgers University
Reception at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Watermen's Hall
Seminar from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in McHugh Auditorium
Abstract: There is growing evidence that the large-scale climate affects character of oceanic boundary currents and by extension their ecosystems. In this talk, I will present results from climate model integrations with a multi-scale ocean component capable of locally enhancing resolution. The model is based on the NCAR Community Earth System Model (CESM), in which the ocean component contains a high-resolution ROMS nest. I will show results from implementations in the California Current System, the Benguela and the northwest Atlantic. Results from the latest century-long integrations indicate that the better representation of coastal currents has both regional and global ramifications to the climate system. Furthermore, I will show how the ocean-atmosphere coupled response differs from the one-way forced dynamics, which has implications to both the physics and ecosystems of coastal regions.
Background: Enrique Curchitser is an oceanographer based at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S.A. His main interests are the intersection of climate and ecosystems, regional climate impacts and numerical modeling. His current projects range from understanding the role of boundary currents in the global climate system to downscaling climate scenarios in the Bering Sea to trying to understand the low-frequency fluctuations in the global sardine populations. Some of his professional appointments include U.S. academic delegate to the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Co-chair of PICES working group on Regional Climate Modeling, and U.S. representative to the International Climate Variability ocean model development panel (CLIVAR-OMDP), chair of the newly formed CLIVAR research focus on upwelling and the U.S. CLIVAR panel on Predictability, Predictions and Applications Interface (PPAI).
Associate Professor Physical Oceanography/Modeling
Rutgers University
Reception at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Watermen's Hall
Seminar from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in McHugh Auditorium
Abstract: There is growing evidence that the large-scale climate affects character of oceanic boundary currents and by extension their ecosystems. In this talk, I will present results from climate model integrations with a multi-scale ocean component capable of locally enhancing resolution. The model is based on the NCAR Community Earth System Model (CESM), in which the ocean component contains a high-resolution ROMS nest. I will show results from implementations in the California Current System, the Benguela and the northwest Atlantic. Results from the latest century-long integrations indicate that the better representation of coastal currents has both regional and global ramifications to the climate system. Furthermore, I will show how the ocean-atmosphere coupled response differs from the one-way forced dynamics, which has implications to both the physics and ecosystems of coastal regions.
Background: Enrique Curchitser is an oceanographer based at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S.A. His main interests are the intersection of climate and ecosystems, regional climate impacts and numerical modeling. His current projects range from understanding the role of boundary currents in the global climate system to downscaling climate scenarios in the Bering Sea to trying to understand the low-frequency fluctuations in the global sardine populations. Some of his professional appointments include U.S. academic delegate to the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Co-chair of PICES working group on Regional Climate Modeling, and U.S. representative to the International Climate Variability ocean model development panel (CLIVAR-OMDP), chair of the newly formed CLIVAR research focus on upwelling and the U.S. CLIVAR panel on Predictability, Predictions and Applications Interface (PPAI).
Contact
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