CORIE modeling system

The CORIE modeling system is designed for systematic generation of quality-controlled simulations of cross-scale 3D baroclinic circulation in the form of daily forecasts, multi-year databases, and process/scenario simulations. Cross-scale means estuary, plume, and shelf/slope between northern California and southern British Columbia.
Note: A convenient form for interactive access to model output images is the cruise mapper, where you may want to choose D14 (D16) as source for best-available 1999-2006 plume (estuary) results.

Numerical grids are unstructured in the horizontal, with highest resolution in the estuary (~100 m) and near-plume (~250 m). Time steps are 60.90 s. Integral to the design is automated access to all external forcings (tides, ocean conditions, atmospheric conditions, river inputs) and to a core set of observations from CORIE and other regional in-situ networks.

Two unstructured-grid numerical models (ELCIRC and SELFE) are used interchangeably as computational engines. Data assimilation is used sparingly.