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This archive has three distinct Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean
Model (MICOM) outputs. The output grids are for isopycnal layers, at
one-twelfth degree spatial and three-day temporal resolution. Water
temperature, salinity, and velocity components are the primary
output variables. The model domain is the Atlantic Ocean from 65-70N
to 28S latitude and in two cases includes the Mediterranean Sea. The
three cases are briefly outlined below and differ primarily in the
atmospheric forcing that is used.
* MICOM.ICOADS
* International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) mean
wind forcing
* Domain: 28S to 65N, 98W to 17E
* 16 isopycnal layers
* Six years of data
* MICOM.ECMWF
* ECMWF mean wind forcing
* Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the Mediterranean Sea
* 20 isopycnal layers
* Three years of data
* MICOM.DAILY
* ECMWF 6-hourly forcing (wind, surface radiation, air temperature and
humidity)
* Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the Mediterranean Sea
* 20 isopycnal layers
* 1979-1986
Details about the model forcing, mixing parameterization, bottom
topography, computational requirements, and browse graphics are
available at the MICOM website
[http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu]
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