DATE2018-05-12 12:31:09
IDABSTRACT20180512123109-0160
CONTACTreale.marco82@gmail.com
PRESENTATIONPOSTER
INVITED0
IDSESSION1
TITLEASSESSMENT OF REGCM-ES PERFORMANCES OVER THE MED-CORDEX DOMAIN
AUTHORSM Reale (1,2), F Giorgi (1), C Solidoro (2), V Di Biagio (2), L Mariotti (2), F Di Sante (1,2), R Farneti (1)
AFFILIATIONS
  1. ICTP, Trieste, Italy
  2. OGS, Trieste, Italy
ABSTRACTIn this work we assess the preliminary results of the RegCM-ES (Earth System Regional Climate Model) model, developed and used at ICTP , which has been recently coupled with an active biogeochemical model (BFM, Biogeochemical Flux Model). The newly RegCM-ES has been implemented and tested over an area corresponding approximately to the Med-CORDEX domain (Mediterranean region).The physical model has an atmospheric component (RegCM 4.6.1) with a spatial resolution of 30 km , an ocean component (MITgcm) with a resolution of 1/12 degree and a component to simulate river discharge (HD). Preliminary comparisons with climatological data and recent available reanalyses (MyOcean,Copernicus) show that the new coupled model is able to reproduce the spatial pattern and the seasonal variability of atmosphere and ocean over the area. Moreover , the model effectively captures phytoplankton/zooplankton interactions , as well as nutrients (phosphate and nitrate) dynamics in the domain of study.
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