Modeling the Salish Sea: the MoSSea Project Parker MacCready, Dave Sutherland, Neil Banas Thanks to:...

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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
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Page 1: Modeling the Salish Sea: the MoSSea Project Parker MacCready, Dave Sutherland, Neil Banas Thanks to: PRISM, COFS, SoO, NSF, NOAA, EPA, and the Vetlesen.

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

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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

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Annual Cycle

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Annual-mean Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea

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Residence Times

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Nested sub-model of Admiralty Inlet

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Comparison: Tides

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Comparison: Monthly CTD Casts

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Comparison: CTD statistics

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Comparison: Low-passed velocity

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Comparison:Mooring T & S

SHELF HOOD CANAL

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Comparison: Seaglider GH Line