| Physical model |
|
MITgcm |
| Computational domain |
|
20°S and 81.5°N |
| Resolution |
Longitude |
0.5° |
| Latitude |
0.5° |
| Vertical |
23 vertical levels with a resolution of 10 m thickness at the surface, increasing to 500 m thickness for depths greater than 2200 m [26,27] |
| Surface forcing |
|
Daily fields from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis I for 1992- 2006 [28].Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are relaxed (two week timescale) to 1992-2006 satellite-based estimates [29] |
| Parameterization |
|
Gent-McWilliams eddy parameterization [30].Nonlocal K-Profile parameterisation (KPP) boundary layer mixing scheme [31] |
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