Özet
The Turkish Strait System, which is the only connection between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, is a challenging region for ocean circulation models due to topographic constraints and water mass structure. We present a newly developed high resolution unstructured finite element grid model to simulate the Turkish Strait System using realistic atmospheric forcing and lateral open boundary conditions. We find that the jet flowing from the Bosphorus Strait into the Marmara creates an anticyclonic circulation. The eddy kinetic energy field is high around the jets exiting from the Bosphorus Strait, Dardanelles Strait, and also the leeward side of the islands in the Marmara Sea. The model successfully captures the two-layer structure of the Sea of Marmara. The volume transport at the Bosphorus is around 120 km3/year which is consistent with the recent observations. The largest bias in the model is at the interface depth due to the shallower mixed layer.
| Orijinal dil | İngilizce |
|---|---|
| Makale numarası | 769 |
| Dergi | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
| Hacim | 9 |
| Basın numarası | 7 |
| DOI'lar | |
| Yayın durumu | Yayınlandı - Tem 2021 |
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Finansman
Funding: M.I. is funded through a project named Development of the new Turkish Strait System Model for optimal interface between the Mediterranean and Black Sea models by ITUNOVA A.S., and is also supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under project number 120C137. This research was funded by the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service for the Black Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Center (Contract No. 72-CMEMS-MFS-BS) and the Mediterranean Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Center (Contract No. 74-CMEMS-MFC-MED). Partial funding through the Strategic project #4 “A multihazard prediction and analysis testbed for the global coastal ocean” of CMCC is gratefully acknowledged. M.I. is funded through a project named Development of the new Turkish Strait System Model for optimal interface between the Mediterranean and Black Sea models by ITUNOVA A.S., and is also supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under project number 120C137. This research was funded by the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service for the Black Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Center (Contract No. 72-CMEMSMFS-BS) and the Mediterranean Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Center (Contract No. 74-CMEMSMFC-MED). Partial funding through the Strategic project #4 ?A multihazard prediction and analysis testbed for the global coastal ocean? of CMCC is gratefully acknowledged.
| Finansörler | Finansör numarası |
|---|---|
| Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service | 72-CMEMS-MFS-BS |
| Mediterranean Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Center | 74-CMEMS-MFC-MED |
| TUBITAK | 120C137 |
| Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici | |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |