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Project Code [07-CCRP-2.2.2a]

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Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

University College Dublin (UCD)

Lead Applicant

Shiyu Wang

Project Abstract

The climate system of the Earth can be broken down into a number of components, and permeating all of the climate components is water. There exists robust freshwater exchange between ocean and atmosphere, and it is regarded as one of the most important processes for air-sea interaction, especially for coastal flooding study. The purpose of this study is to develop a regional atmosphere-ocean coupled model system. The regional climate model used in this study is the Rossby Center model RCA3 and the regional ocean model is ROMS. All of these models will be coupled by OASIS4 coupler program. If the flooding occurs in the estuary or harbour areas, the river discharge will be considered inside the ocean model. During the air-sea interaction, the surface heat fluxes, fresh water fluxes and wind stress will be passed from the regional climate model to the ocean model, to drive the vertical motions in the ocean that we associate with upwelling and downwelling events, while the sea surface temperature will be feed back to the regional climate model and affect the large-scale atmospheric circulation.

Grant Approved

�149,499.75

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options

Start Date

01/01/2008

Initial Projected Completion Date

01/01/2010