CAR36, a regional high-resolution ocean forecasting system for improving drift and beaching of <i>Sargassum</i> in the Caribbean archipelago

Cailleau, Sylvain; Bessières, Laurent; Chiendje, Léonel; Dubost, Flavie; Reffray, Guillaume; Lellouche, Jean-Michel; van Gennip, Simon; Régnier, Charly; Drevillon, Marie; Tressol, Marc; Clavier, Matthieu; Temple-Boyer, Julien; Berline, Léo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3157-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3157-2024

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Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean - NEMO

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Model evaluation paper

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23 Apr 2024

Model evaluation paper |

| 23 Apr 2024

CAR36, a regional high-resolution ocean forecasting system for improving drift and beaching of Sargassum in the Caribbean archipelago

Sylvain Cailleau, Laurent Bessières, Léonel Chiendje, Flavie Dubost, Guillaume Reffray, Jean-Michel Lellouche, Simon van Gennip, Charly Régnier, Marie Drevillon, Marc Tressol, Matthieu Clavier, Julien Temple-Boyer, and Léo Berline

Data sets

Data underlying the publication: "CAR36, a regional high-resolution ocean forecasting system for improving drift and beaching of Sargassum in the Caribbean Archipelago" Sylvain Cailleau and Guillaume Reffray https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10201235

Short summary

In order to improve Sargassum drift forecasting in the Caribbean area, drift models can be forced by higher-resolution ocean currents. To this goal a 3 km resolution regional ocean model has been developed. Its assessment is presented with a particular focus on the reproduction of fine structures representing key features of the Caribbean region dynamics and Sargassum transport. The simulated propagation of a North Brazil Current eddy and its dissipation was found to be quite realistic.