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Volumetric
T-S censuses for winter
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(Feb.
15). The images show the
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base-10
logarithm of water volume
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in
cubic meters. Superimposed are
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contours
of sigma-0 calculated
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using
the HYCOM/MICOM
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equation
of state.
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HYCOM
was run with KPP mixing
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and
relaxation boundary conditions
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to
produce the “best” possible
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simulation.
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Relaxation
boundary conditions
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caused
the simulated census to
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more-closely
resemble the observed
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census.
The BC’s act to “form”
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water
masses that are actually
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formed
outside of the model
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domain,
bringing the simulated
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census
closer to reality.
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