ENDEAVOR CRUISE 320 HINDCAST DEFAULT PLOTS

This web-site shows the results of a hindcast run for the ENDEAVOR Cruise 320, March 9 - 23, 1999. Hindcasting was accomplished using iterations of the QUODDY 4.1 forward model and the TRUXTON 6.2 inverse model using weighted least squares for the M2 and K1 tidal forcing, plus a residual, Z0.

HINDCAST MODEL PARAMETERS:

Cold Start, dd mm yyyy sssss 09 03 1999 34920
Hot Start, dd mm yyyy sssss 11 03 1999 34920
ADCP Start, dd mm yyyy sssss 11 03 1999 46646
ADCP End, dd mm yyyy sssss 22 03 1999 53025
Run Stop, dd mm yyyy sssss 23 03 1999 9780
Model Grid Bank150
QUODDY-4.1, Ramp Up 1.5 days
QUODDY-4.1, Time Step 180 seconds
QUODDY-4.1, Number of Depth Levels 21 SINEZ
TRUXTON-6.2, Rcond, Vrms, W0, W1 1e-14, 0.6, 0.0, 1e11

STANDARD PRODUCTS PAGE

CRUISE TRACK and STANDARD PLOT LOCATIONS

HEAT FLUX, WIND STRESS, and MODEL QUALITY PLOTS

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TIDAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

HORIZONTAL SLICES

Detided and/or Averaged Horizontal Projections for Period 1

STANDARD TRANSECTS

Detided and/or Averaged Transects for Period 1,

Velocity

Temperature

Salinity

SHIP TRACKS

DRIFTER PATHS

TIME SERIES

Vertical Profiles at Specific Locations