[MITgcm-support] explanation of eddy-permitting and eddy-resolving resolutions

[Jonny Williams]

Hi Stefano

Thanks very much for that, that's really helpful!

All the best

Jonny


On 12 August 2014 16:59, Stefano Querin <squerin at ogs.trieste.it> wrote:

> Hi Jonny,
>
> as regards a definition for e-p and e-r models, a first degree
> approximation can be found in this paper (and references therein), namely
> (p. 427):
>
> "Assuming that the eddy-permitting numerical models need 2–3 horizontal
> nodes per mesoscale structure and eddy-resolving needs 4–5 nodes, we can
> conclude that eddy-permitting and eddy-resolving models should have
> respective horizontal resolutions of at least 5 km and 2.5 km for the main
> basins of the southern Baltic."
>
> Hope this helps...
> Cheers!
>
> Stefano
>
>
>
> On 12 Aug 2014, at 17:26:53, Jonny Williams wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone
>>
>> I am working on high resolution (~0.1 degree) MITgcm modelling.
>>
>> Does anyone have a good reference for where I could find a good (citable)
>> 'textbook' definition of the difference between eddy-permitting and
>> eddy-resolving ocean model resolutions please?
>>
>> I can find lots of papers which describe differences in climatologies
>> between the two types of models, but not a good description of the
>> difference between them, apart from the fact that eddy-resolving models are
>> higher resolution of course!
>>
>> Many thanks for any tips
>>
>> Jonny
>>
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