A COUPLED ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING THE EXCEPTIONAL WINTER 2012 CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA b Antonio Ricchi (Univ. “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy) Sandro Carniel, Davide Bonaldo, Alvise Benetazzo, Andrea Bergamasco, Mauro Sclavo, F.M. Falcieri (CNR-ISMAR, Venice, Italy) M.M Miglietta (CNR-ISAC, Lecce, Italy)
Bologna Florence Ancona Trieste Venice Rimini Inland Venice Bologna Genova Romagna coast Cold wave in N Italy
North Adriatic Sea
COAWST configuration SWAN setup: DT 1200 sec 1 km res ROMS setup 30 levels Dt 5 sec 1 km res BC 3 hrs (MFSTEP model) Tide WRF setup 7 km res. 60 vertical levels DT 36 sec. 1° level at 6 mt Dataset USGS 1’x1’ Landuse : USGS 1’x1’ 1.CU : Kain 2.MP : Lin et Al 3.PBL : MYNN2.5 4.Surface S.: MJY 5.Soil : Noah 6.RW : RRTMG 7.LW : RRTMG INIT & BC : GFS-FNL 1°x1° SST : RTG_SST ROMS/SWAN WRF
Case description WRF-StandAlone runs: 1. A_GFS : SST to GFS-SKIN 2. A_STA: SST to RTG_SST (1 st timestep no evolution) 3. A_OML: SST to RTG_SST and OML for evolution 4. A_DIN: Dynamic update of SST, with RTG_SST every 6 hours Coupled runs: 1. AO: Atmosphere Ocean Coupling 2. AOW: Atmosphere Ocean Wave Coupling
Parameterization for A-O and A-O-W #define ROMS_MODEL #undef SWAN_MODEL #define WRF_MODEL #ifdef WRF_MODEL # define ATM2OCN_FLUXES # define ANA_SSFLUX endif #define ROMS_MODEL #define SWAN_MODEL #define WRF_MODEL # define MCT_INTERP_OC2AT # define MCT_INTERP_WV2AT #define WEC_VF #define WDISS_WAVEMOD #define UV_KIRBY #define COARE_TAYLOR_YELLAND #ifdef WRF_MODEL # define ATM2OCN_FLUXES # define ANA_SSFLUX #undef BULK_FLUXES endif COUPLING WAVE-CURR. Wave in WRF
Comparing model performances Heat Fluxes have been identified as a main source of uncertainty (Mihanovich et al. 2013)
Net Heat Fluxes patterns WORST S.A BEST S.A A.OA.O.W
What COAWST made possible, and some open issues Unprecedented (in the Adriatic) fully coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Waves application Significantly better atmosphere model performances with a high resolution, dynamic SST Atmosphere-Ocean interaction reduces atmosphere model drift over time. Wave-Atmosphere interaction improves SST distribution BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL Different masking between models gives rise to some phenomena involving ocean dynamics
Concerning grid issues