Modeling the Salish Sea:the MoSSea Project

Parker MacCready, Dave Sutherland, Neil Banas

Thanks to: PRISM, COFS, SoO, NSF, NOAA, EPA, and the Vetlesen Foundation

MoSSea: Modeling the Salish Seafaculty.washington.edu/pmacc/MoSSea

•Realistic hindcasts•ROMS v.3•Tides TPXO 7.1•Rivers (16): USGS

•Wind & Heat Flux: MM5•Ocean OBC: Global NCOM

Annual Cycle

Annual-mean Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea

Residence Times

Nested sub-model of Admiralty Inlet

Comparison: Tides

Comparison: Monthly CTD Casts

Comparison: CTD statistics

Comparison: Low-passed velocity

Comparison:Mooring T & S

SHELF HOOD CANAL

Comparison: Seaglider GH Line