GLOBEC P4B Results (Gangopadhyay, Bisagni,
Batchelder and Gifford)
¥The basin-scale North Atlantic model is spun-up using Levitus climatology and forced with adjusted NCEP High and Low NAO fields – 2
validations
¥The Gulf Stream
position is northward (southward) during High (Low) NAO years
¥LSW advection in the GOMGB region during 1997-98 after 1996 Low-NAO
Progress Report
and Status
Physical Model simulations are being written up – 1 PhD student; 1 MS student to complete next year.
Biological simulations started