Ocean circulation modelling | North Aegean model (HYCOM)
Northern Aegean Sea Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (NAS-HYCOM)

description:
The North Aegean model domain and bathymetry (contours in m). Major islands, sub-basins and gulfs are shown. The North Aegean domain occupies the northeastern part of Eastern Mediterranean, between Greece and Turkey.

Resolution:
1/50 degree, 20 vertical levels (sigma/z-coordinate in the upper model layers and near the shelf and isopycnic coordinate in deep waters)

Nested: Yes

Outer models:
MED-HYCOM: 1/25 degree Mediterranean Sea HYCOM with the Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation (NCODA) system (collaboration with NRL-SSC)

Data assomilation: No

Forcing: Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System NOGAPS (1/2°), POSEIDON / SKIRON System (1/10°)

Dardanelles Parameterization: Calculation of the Dardanelles Strait transport and physical characteristics based on the real time E-P time series of marginal Black Sea

Applications:
:: North Aegean general circulation
:: Parameterization of the Dardanelles outflow
:: Buoyancy-driven flows
:: Deep water basin renewal

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Contact:
Yannis Androulidakis — iandroul@civil.auth.gr
Villy Kourafalou — vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu