PI-s: N.Maximenko (IPRC), A.Zatsepin (IORAN), G.Panteleev (IARC)
Collaborators: V.Petyuh (IORAN)
Proposal Summary
We propose a comprehensive study of Black Sea circulation. To reconstruct realistic oceanic conditions and to quantify the variability of the transports in the Black Sea we will synthesize the information from a variety of historical and contemporary data with the dynamical constraints of a primitive equation numerical model by the four-dimensional variational data assimilation technique.
First year
Analysis of the climatological data in the Black Sea: Belokopytov Atlas
Figure 1a Climatological temperature in the Black Sea.
Figure 1b Climatological temperature in the Black Sea.
Figure 1c Climatological temperature in the Black Sea.
Figure 1d Climatological temperature in the Black Sea.
Figure 2a Climatological salinity in the Black Sea.
Figure 2b Climatological salinity in the Black Sea.
Figure 2c Climatological salinity in the Black Sea.
Figure 2d Climatological salinity in the Black Sea.
Distribution of the temperature and salinity data in the Black Sea in different seasons
Figure 3a Salinity in the Black Sea during the winter.
Figure 3b Salinity in the Black Sea during the winter.
Figure 3c Salinity in the Black Sea during the winter.
Figure 3d Salinity in the Black Sea during the winter.
MDOT based on two different climatologies
Figure 4 MDOT derived through the 4Dvar data assimi,ation approach using the old (a) and new (b) climatological data.
Figure 5 Absolute SSH referenced with respect MDT based on "old" climatological T/S data (Figure 4a).
Figure 6 Absolute SSH referenced with respect MDT based on "old" climatological T/S data (Figure 4b).