Tide-surge-wave modelling and forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea with focus on the Italian coast

Ferrarin, Christian; Roland, Aron; Bajo, Marco; Umgiesser, Georg; Cucco, Andrea; Davolio, Silvio; Buzzi, A.; Malguzzi, P.; Drofa, Oxana

doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.10.003

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“…Although different, all the BOLAM domains deployed in the ISPRA chains include the whole Mediterranean basin. Both ISAC-CNR and ISPRA meteorological suites were also used to force two versions of the Shallow water HYdrodynamic Finite Element Model (SHYFEM, Umgiesser et al, 2004) that were operational within the ISMAR-CNR KASSAN-DRA (Ferrarin et al, 2012) and the ISPRA Hydro-MeteoMarine Forecasting System (SIMM), respectively, to produce storm surge forecasts for the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, outputs of the two ISPRA meteorological suites were deployed for feeding the SIMM Mediterranean-embedded Costal WAve Forecasting system (Mc-WAF, Inghilesi et al, 2012), which has been operational since September 2012.…”

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Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results

Ferretti

Pichelli

Gentile

et al. 2014

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Section: Bolam and Molochmentioning

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Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results

Ferretti

Pichelli

Gentile

et al. 2014

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Although a non-tidal sea level signal causes deviations of 5-7 cm (e.g. 9-11 October), the results on tidal analysis appear satisfactory if compared with other reference studies for this area (Guarnieri et al, 2013;Ferrarin et al, 2013). Finally, velocity fields of SANIFS were compared with the observed ADCP data recorded at 5 m of depth from the surface at station P1 in Fig.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The unstructured grid is Arakawa B with triangular meshes (Bellafiore and Umgiesser, 2010;Ferrarin et al, 2013), which provides an accurate description of irregular coastal boundaries. The scalars are computed at grid nodes, whereas velocity vectors are calculated at the centre of each element.…”

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Coastal ocean forecasting with an unstructured grid model in the southern Adriatic and northern Ionian seas

Federico

Pinardi

Coppini

et al. 2017

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. SANIFS (Southern Adriatic Northern Ionian coastal Forecasting System) is a coastal-ocean operational system based on the unstructured grid finite-element threedimensional hydrodynamic SHYFEM model, providing short-term forecasts. The operational chain is based on a downscaling approach starting from the large-scale system for the entire Mediterranean Basin (MFS, Mediterranean Forecasting System), which provides initial and boundary condition fields to the nested system.The model is configured to provide hydrodynamics and active tracer forecasts both in open ocean and coastal waters of southeastern Italy using a variable horizontal resolution from the open sea (3-4 km) to coastal areas (50-500 m).Given that the coastal fields are driven by a combination of both local (also known as coastal) and deep-ocean forcings propagating along the shelf, the performance of SAN-IFS was verified both in forecast and simulation mode, first (i) on the large and shelf-coastal scales by comparing with a large-scale survey CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) in the Gulf of Taranto and then (ii) on the coastal-harbour scale (Mar Grande of Taranto) by comparison with CTD, ADCP (acoustic doppler current profiler) and tide gauge data.Sensitivity tests were performed on initialization conditions (mainly focused on spin-up procedures) and on surface boundary conditions by assessing the reliability of two alternative datasets at different horizontal resolution (12.5 and 6.5 km).The SANIFS forecasts at a lead time of 1 day were compared with the MFS forecasts, highlighting that SANIFS is able to retain the large-scale dynamics of MFS. The largescale dynamics of MFS are correctly propagated to the shelfcoastal scale, improving the forecast accuracy (+17 % for temperature and +6 % for salinity compared to MFS). Moreover, the added value of SANIFS was assessed on the coastalharbour scale, which is not covered by the coarse resolution of MFS, where the fields forecasted by SANIFS reproduced the observations well (temperature RMSE equal to 0.11 • C).Furthermore, SANIFS simulations were compared with hourly time series of temperature, sea level and velocity measured on the coastal-harbour scale, showing a good agreement. Simulations in the Gulf of Taranto described a circulation mainly characterized by an anticyclonic gyre with the presence of cyclonic vortexes in shelf-coastal areas. A surface water inflow from the open sea to Mar Grande characterizes the coastal-harbour scale.

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“…(Malguzzi et al, 2006;Ferrarin et al, 2013 In the second experiment the nonhydrostatic version of the MITgcm model is run, again over the same time period, to assess the importance of nonhydrostatic processes.…”

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Investigation of model capability in capturing vertical hydrodynamic coastal processes: a case study in the north Adriatic Sea

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Abstract. In this work we consider a numerical study of hydrodynamics in the coastal zone using two different models, SHYFEM (shallow water hydrodynamic finite element model) and MITgcm (Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model), to assess their capability to capture the main processes. We focus on the north Adriatic Sea during a strong dense water event that occurred at the beginning of 2012. This serves as an interesting test case to examine both the models strengths and weaknesses, while giving an opportunity to understand how these events affect coastal processes, like upwelling and downwelling, and how they interact with estuarine dynamics. Using the models we examine the impact of setup, surface and lateral boundary treatment, resolution and mixing schemes, as well as assessing the importance of nonhydrostatic dynamics in coastal processes. Both models are able to capture the dense water event, though each displays biases in different regions. The models show large differences in the reproduction of surface patterns, identifying the choice of suitable bulk formulas as a central point for the correct simulation of the thermohaline structure of the coastal zone. Moreover, the different approaches in treating lateral freshwater sources affect the vertical coastal stratification. The results indicate the importance of having high horizontal resolution in the coastal zone, specifically in close proximity to river inputs, in order to reproduce the effect of the complex coastal morphology on the hydrodynamics. A lower resolution offshore is acceptable for the reproduction of the dense water event, even if specific vortical structures are missed. Finally, it is found that nonhydrostatic processes are of little importance for the reproduction of dense water formation in the shelf of the north Adriatic Sea.

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Tide-surge-wave modelling and forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea with focus on the Italian coast

Cited by 82 publications

References 52 publications

Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results

Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results

Coastal ocean forecasting with an unstructured grid model in the southern Adriatic and northern Ionian seas

Investigation of model capability in capturing vertical hydrodynamic coastal processes: a case study in the north Adriatic Sea

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