Derivative-based methods are developed for uncertainty quantification (UQ) in largescale ocean state estimation. The estimation system is based on the adjoint method for solving a least-squares optimization problem, whereby the state-of-the-art MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) is fit to observations. The UQ framework is applied to quantify Drake Passage transport uncertainties in a global...

[1] We compare the results of three baroclinic models with the aim of evaluating their skills in reproducing Mediterranean long-term sea level variability. The models are an ocean-ice coupled forced global model (ORCA), a regional forced ocean model (OM8) and a regional coupled atmosphere-ocean model (MITgcm). Model results are compared for the period 1961–2000 against hydrographic observations...

Automatic differentiation (AD) has been expanding its role in scientific computing. While several AD tools have been actively developed and used, a wide range of problems remain to be solved. Activity analysis allows AD tools to generate derivative code for fewer variables, leading to a faster run time of the output code. This paper describes a new contextsensitive, flow-sensitive (CSFS) activi...

Abstract. We present a Bayesian inference for three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of Lake Geneva with stochastic weather forcing and high-frequency observational datasets. This is achieved by coupling package, SPUX, hydrodynamics MITgcm, into single framework, SPUX-MITgcm. To mitigate uncertainty in the atmospheric forcing, we use smoothed particle Markov chain Monte Carlo method, where interm...

The sensitivity of the dynamics of a tropical Pacific Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) general circulation model (MITgcm) to the surface forcing fields and to the horizontal resolution is analyzed. During runs covering the period 1992–2002, two different sets of surface forcing boundary conditions are used, obtained 1) from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National C...

A tropical cyclone (TC) usually induces strong sea-surface cooling due to vertical mixing. In turn, surface influences the intensities and tracks of TCs. Therefore, relationship between temperature (SST) TC is one important components air-sea interaction. Sea-surface associated with three TCs (Bailu, Lingling, Mitag) was investigated based on wave-glider observations, satellite altimetry, Massa...

Abstract Two global high-resolution ice sea coupling model established on basis of NEMO and MITgcm were systematically evaluated, by comparing the climatology simulation results their surface temperature, salinity, current area with SODA3, EN4, NSIDC. The accuracy each element in typical areas are quantitatively evaluated. RMSE SST modeled 0.38°C 0.46°C, respectively. had lower strong areas, es...