Salt conservation, free surface, and varying levels: A new formulation for ocean general circulation models

By G. Roullet, Gurvan Madec. 2000

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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The CNRM-CM5.1 global climate model: description and basic evaluation (2013, background): “At the surface, the model has a linear free surface (Roullet and Madec 2000).”
A multivariate balance operator for variational ocean data assimilation (2005, methodology): “2003) for a global, free-surface version of the OPA OGCM (Madec et al. 1998; Roullet and Madec 2000).”
Three- and Four-Dimensional Variational Assimilation with a General Circulation Model of the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Part I: Formulation, Internal Diagnostics, and Consistency Checks (2003, methodology): “At the ocean surface (z 5 0), a rigid-lid and no-volume flux condition is applied (Roullet and Madec 2000).”
Can we improve the representation of modeled ocean mixed layer by assimilating surface-only satellite-derived data? A case study for the tropical Pacific during the 1997-1998 El Nino (2003, methodology): “The present version, called ORCA, is a free surface version [Roullet and Madec, 2000] similar to the version used in D02.”
Global Mean Climate and Main Patterns of Variability in the CMCC‐CM2 Coupled Model (2018, methodology): “The adopted linear free-surface formulation (Roullet &Madec, 2000) allows computing fluxes of volume, tracers, and momentum using fixed reference ocean surface height.”
Combined constraints on global ocean primary production using observations and models (2013, methodology): “The model has a free surface height [Roullet and Madec, 2000].”
An oceanographic three-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme (2008, unknown): “The model has a free surface which is evolved using an implicit temporal scheme (Madec et al., 1997; Roullet and Madec, 2000).”
Assimilating Along-Track Altimetric Observations through Local Hydrostatic Adjustment in a Global Ocean Variational Assimilation System (2011, background): “In the case of the linear free-surface formulation of the OPA ocean model (Roullet and Madec 2000), we find the result that ›h f ›t 5 E 1 R P r w $uj z5h, (5) where E, R, and P are the terms of the surface freshwater budget (evaporation, river runoff, and precipitation, respectively); rw is the…”
Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Ocean Heat Transport in a High-Resolution Coupled General Circulation Model (2011, background): “Ocean physics includes a free-surface parameterization (Roullet and Madec 2000) and the 15 AUGUST 2011 S C O C C I M A R R O E T A L .”
Evaluation of the CMCC eddy‐permitting global ocean physical reanalysis system (C‐GLORS, 1982–2012) and its assimilation components (2016, methodology): “For the sea surface, a filtered free-surface formulation is used (Roullet and Madec, 2000), while a linear friction is assumed at the ocean bottom.”