Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6083-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6083-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
Development and technical paper
 | 
15 Aug 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 15 Aug 2024

A simple approach to represent precipitation-derived freshwater fluxes into nearshore ocean models: an FVCOM4.1 case study of Quatsino Sound, British Columbia

Krysten Rutherford, Laura Bianucci, and William Floyd

Data sets

Observations and model data used in the analysis of the manuscript "A simple approach to represent precipitation-derived freshwater fluxes into nearshore ocean models: an FVCOM4.1 case study" K. Rutherford et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10602511

Model code and software

Code and input files for the manuscript "A simple approach to represent precipitation-derived freshwater fluxes into nearshore ocean models: an FVCOM4.1 case study" K. Rutherford et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10602542

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Short summary
Nearshore ocean models often lack complete information about freshwater fluxes due to numerous ungauged rivers and streams. We tested a simple rain-based hydrological model as inputs into an ocean model of Quatsino Sound, Canada, with the aim of improving the representation of the land–ocean connection in the nearshore model. Through multiple tests, we found that the performance of the ocean model improved when providing 60 % or more of the freshwater inputs from the simple runoff model.
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