Agenda for ‘Kickoff’ Meeting

"A High-Resolution Model Hindcast (1993-1999) of Currents in the Gulf of Mexico

- Extension of Numerical Modeling of the Gulf of Mexico"

Submitted to MMS by Leo Oey, Tal Ezer & H.Lee, Oct/2000

Princeton University · 609-258-5971; 609-258-2850 (FAX); lyo@princeton.edu

I. Introduction - Hindcast Objectives

II. A Brief Description of GOM & GOM-Shelf Circulation

Forcing - Loop Current/Eddies, Atmospheric, Rivers and Tides

Response - Shelf, Slope & Gulf, + Deep Layers

III. Descriptions of the Hindcast Model & Methodology

The Model - Numerics & Hindcast Strategies

Input Data

Wind products from ECMWF, ETA & NCEP -> to be checked against NDBC & CMAN

Temperature & Salinity Climatology

Satellite Altimetry & MCSST data

River Discharge, Tides

Data for Model Skill Assessment ß

Current-meters, hydrography & drifters ß

Plans for Test Hindcasts ß

Hindcast 1993-1999
  1. Deliverables
  1. Questions & Other Matters (?)
  2. Adjourn