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