Strategy of modelling at IFREMERΒΆ

  • MARS model is implemented for research and operational interests over the three metropolitan basins : the Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the North-Western Mediterranean Sea.
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  • Large scales are treated by operational institutes (MFS, MERCATOR), that provides MARS with initial fields and open boundary conditions.
  • For the coarsest configuration (rank0), open boundary conditions for tides come from different data sets : FES2004, FES1999, Schwiderski
  • If required, models are coupled offline or online (AGRIF package).
  • A configuration can be splitted into several ranks, the spatial resolution increasing with ranks
  • More than 30 configurations are implemented by Coastal Environment Laboratories
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