Model
Configuration
•Rutgers/UCLA Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS)
•Primitive equation model with free surface
•Terrain following vertical coordinate
•General surface fluxes
•Open boundary conditions
•Parallel computer implementation using openmp
•Initial fields from World Ocean Data Atlas (1998)
•Nitrate and Silicate are included as freely evolving
concentrations
•Bottom topography based on Sandwell and Smith (ETOPO2)