The FVCOM GOM/GB
Physical Model
Wind stress, heat flux
GOM/GB MM5
•Real-time tidal forcing
•River discharges
•Scotian shelf water input
•SST
•Hydrographic survey CTD
•ADCP
•Moored current meter data
Assimilation
Boundary forcings
Meteorological forcing
The 1995 and 1999 GOM/GB Model Experiments