A global barotropic ocean model driven by synoptic atmospheric disturbances for detecting seafloor vertical displacements from in situ ocean bottom pressure measurements

作者：Inazu Daisuke^*; Hino Ryota; Fujimoto Hiromi

来源：Marine Geophysical Research, 2012, 33(2): 127-148.

DOI：10.1007/s11001-012-9151-7

• Barotropic ocean model
• Atmospheric disturbances
• Ocean bottom pressure
• Horizontal resolution
• Seafloor vertical displacement

A global barotropic ocean model forced by atmospheric disturbances is developed for the detection of seafloor vertical displacements from in situ ocean bottom pressure (OBP) data. The model accuracy is validated by deep-sea OBP data at more than 100 sites obtained over the global ocean. Parameters and boundary conditions including the horizontal resolution incorporated in the ocean model are tested in order to accurately simulate the nontidal (> 2 days) OBP variations. The horizontal resolution is found to the factor that most significantly affects the simulated result. The finer the horizontal resolution applied, the smaller the model variability is. The model accuracy is highest when the horizontal resolution is 1/12A degrees, but deteriorates when the horizontal resolution is finer than 1/12A degrees. This may indicate a failure of the energy dissipation parameterization in the barotropic ocean model. Using the developed 1/12A degrees model, the root-mean-square of the observed nontidal OBP component can be reduced by 18 % as an average of all the OBP data used. It is found that the 1/12A degrees model is useful for the detection of a slow seafloor vertical displacement of centimeters related to the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake from in situ OBP records near the hypocenter of the earthquake.

• 出版日期2012-6