Collaborative Research: A Global Bridge From Eddy-Rich to Eddy-Less: Quantifying, Mapping, and Improving Treatment of Mesoscale Eddy Tracer Fluxes

合作研究：从富涡到少涡的全球桥梁：量化、绘图和改进中尺度涡流示踪通量的处理

• 批准号: 0825614
• 负责人: Baylor Fox-Kemper
• 金额: $ 28.59万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0825614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Global; Bridge; Eddy

The previous models required a "hero calculation" to simulate a decade of model time, now similar models run for centuries. However, mesoscale eddy parameterizations are still needed: increasing system complexity, simulation length, ensemble size, and running ocean models on desktop computers require a continuous use of coarse models for decades to come. Ideally, eddy parameterizations should be validated directly against observations, but the density of observations required renders this option impracticable. Tests against higher resolution calculations are an effective alternative, but these comparisons are rarely or incompletely done. This project will provide such a comparison globally in a direct and thorough manner. Three products will emerge: 1) a global diagnosis of the complete eddy stirring tensor in a fine-resolution simulation, 2) a comparison to the stirring tensor predicted using extant parameterizations, and 3) a parameterization challenge suite based on eddying regions in the fine-resolution model. Most extant eddy parameterizations may be written completely in terms of the eddy stirring tensor. Diagnosis of this tensor represents a significant advance over presently state-of-the-art studies diagnosing only a scalar eddy diffusivity or otherwise limited tensor structure. Agreement with the full tensor globally is a stringent test that will lead to immediate improvement or wholesale rejection of parameterizations. In addition to a dataset for comparison, it is useful to have test cases for parameterization development. Traditionally, eddy parameterizations have been tested in artifact-prone idealized settings. The third product of this study will be a suite of perhaps 6 challenges constructed from prototypes in the global high-resolution simulation. A challenge will provide enough information to be run as a stand-alone forward model. The full suite of challenges will be designed so that a successful parameterization in all challenges will predict likely success in a global model. Much progress has been made in parameterizing mesoscale eddies in coarse ocean models, but the next level of accuracy requires better defined metrics in eddy-rich datasets and test suites against which extant and forthcoming parameterizations can be validated. This study will provide direct products accessible with moderate computer resources, and the global nature of the diagnosis in a realistic circulation will prevent common artifacts.The project will increase understanding of mesoscale eddy dynamics on a global scale and the assumptions underlying eddy parameterizations, improve or reject extant eddy parameterization schemes, and test a novel diagnostic methodology. The project will support two early-career researchers and a graduate student, publicly provide manageably-sized versions of a huge simulation, lead to improvements in ocean and climate models, lead to performance improvement of the POP model, and support and encourage collaboration among research institutions and modelers with the larger community.

以前的模型需要“英雄计算”来模拟十年的模型时间，现在类似的模型运行了几个世纪。然而，中尺度涡参数化仍然是必要的：增加系统的复杂性，模拟长度，合奏的大小，并在台式计算机上运行的海洋模型需要连续使用粗糙的模型几十年来。理想情况下，涡参数化应直接对观测结果进行验证，但所需的观测密度使这一选择不切实际。针对更高分辨率计算的测试是一种有效的替代方法，但这些比较很少或不完全完成。该项目将以直接和彻底的方式提供全球性的这种比较。将出现三种产品：1）在精细分辨率模拟中对完整涡流搅动张量的全局诊断，2）与使用现有参数化预测的搅动张量的比较，以及3）基于精细分辨率模型中的涡流区域的参数化挑战套件。大多数现存的涡参数化可以完全用涡动张量来表示。这个张量的诊断是一个显着的进步，目前国家的最先进的研究诊断只有一个标量涡流扩散率或其他有限的张量结构。与全张量全局一致是一个严格的测试，将导致参数化的立即改进或大规模拒绝。除了用于比较的数据集之外，还有用于参数化开发的测试用例也很有用。传统上，涡参数化已在伪影倾向的理想化设置进行了测试。这项研究的第三个产品将是一套可能6个挑战，从全球高分辨率模拟的原型构建。质询将提供足够的信息，以作为独立的前向模型运行。将设计全套挑战，以便在所有挑战中成功地设定参数，将预测在全球模型中可能取得的成功。在粗糙的海洋模型中，中尺度涡旋参数化已经取得了很大的进展，但下一个精度水平需要更好地定义的指标，在涡旋丰富的数据集和测试套件，现有的和即将到来的参数化可以验证。这项研究将提供直接的产品与适度的计算机资源访问，和全球性的诊断在一个现实的流通将防止常见的artifaction.The项目将增加了解中尺度涡动动力学在全球范围内和涡参数化的假设，改进或拒绝现有的涡参数化方案，并测试一种新的诊断方法。该项目将支持两名早期职业研究人员和一名研究生，公开提供大型模拟的可管理大小版本，改进海洋和气候模型，提高POP模型的性能，并支持和鼓励研究机构和建模者与更大的社区合作。