Numerical
Model Details
5 km grid,
24 levels
KPP
vertical mixing
Initial fields from World Ocean Atlas 1998
Boundaries
nudged to climatology
Daily wind
stress (8/1996-7/1997)
Monthly
Atmospheric climatology
SSM/I ice
climatology
Geometrical
clear sky radiation
Chlorophyll
from climatology
Nitrate and
Silicate active
Simple nutrient uptake based on light and Chlorophyll