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Model evaluation paper
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31 Jul 2026
Model evaluation paper |
| 31 Jul 2026
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Untangling the effects of vertical mixing schemes and convective adjustment in the Mediterranean Sea: insights from a sensitivity study
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
Hans Burchard
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
Federica Borile
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy
Aimie Moulin
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
Pietro Miraglio
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
Francesco Maicu
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
Emanuela Clementi
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy
Paolo Oddo
University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy
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We present a test case of river plume spreading to evaluate coastal ocean models. Our test case reveals the level of numerical mixing (due to parameterizations used and numerical treatment of processes in the model) and the ability of models to reproduce complex dynamics. The major result of our comparative study is that accuracy in reproducing the analytical solution depends less on the type of applied model architecture or numerical grid than it does on the type of advection scheme.
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This study addresses a gap in understanding how turbulent mixing closure schemes and convective adjustments interplay in the Mediterranean Sea. Coupled ocean-wave simulations were performed with different mixing parameterizations and model results were compared against Argo float observations across different space and time scales. Results show that the Generalised Length Scale closure scheme best reproduces observed mixed layer properties and variability, without needing convective adjustment.
This study addresses a gap in understanding how turbulent mixing closure schemes and convective...
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