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BFM17 v1.0: a reduced biogeochemical flux model for upper-ocean biophysical simulations
Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Skyler Kern
Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Peter E. Hamlington
Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Marco Zavatarelli
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Nadia Pinardi
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Emily F. Klee
School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Kyle E. Niemeyer
School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Short summary
We present a newly developed reduced-order biogeochemical flux model that is complex and flexible enough to capture open-ocean ecosystem dynamics but reduced enough to incorporate into highly resolved numerical simulations with limited additional computational cost. The model provides improved correlations between model output and field data, indicating that significant improvements in the reproduction of real-world data can be achieved with a small number of variables.
We present a newly developed reduced-order biogeochemical flux model that is complex and...
