Future applications will also likely include studying the
influence of continental runoff on biological processes, such as primary production, in
polar surface waters.Link
[Response: They measure something different (MSU - TLT is a weighted average of temperatures reaching from the
surface to 10 km, peaking at around ~ 4 km and with significant
influence from
surface type depending on elevation and
polar latitude).
Features of the model described here include the following: (1) tripolar grid to resolve the Arctic Ocean without
polar filtering, (2) partial bottom step representation of topography to better represent topographically
influenced advective and wave processes, (3) more accurate equation of state, (4) three - dimensional flux limited tracer advection to reduce overshoots and undershoots, (5) incorporation of regional climatological variability in shortwave penetration, (6) neutral physics parameterization for representation of the pathways of tracer transport, (7) staggered time stepping for tracer conservation and numerical efficiency, (8) anisotropic horizontal viscosities for representation of equatorial currents, (9) parameterization of exchange with marginal seas, (10) incorporation of a free
surface that accommodates a dynamic ice model and wave propagation, (11) transport of water across the ocean free
surface to eliminate unphysical «virtual tracer flux» methods, (12) parameterization of tidal mixing on continental shelves.