Modeling Artificial Upwelling Grard Nihous Dept. of Ocean and
Resources Engineering Publications: Nihous, G.C., Near-field
Evaluation of Artificial Upwelling Concepts for Open-ocean
Oligotrophic Conditions, Journal of Marine Environmental
Engineering, 8(3), , Nihous, G.C., Far-field Evaluation of a
Lagrangian Artificial Upwelling Concept, Journal of Marine
Environmental Engineering, 9, 17-34, Nihous, G.C., Assessment of
the evolution of water-column stratification following the
hypothetical implementation of widespread controlled upwelling in
the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Journal of Marine Environmental
Engineering, in press, UH Seminar: Artificial Upwelling: Myth or
Promise? (HNEI, 02/2007; ORE, 11/2008) Grants: HI-NMREC ( $150 K, 3
years up to 09/2012) Lockheed-Martin Corp. ($150 K in 2011) LMC
Project Modeling Strategy Outer domain: HYCOM + NCODA at a
resolution of 1/12 (eddy-resolving) with 32 vertical levels.
Intermediate domain: IPRCs nested high- resolution (0.04) Hawaii
HYCOM. Inner domain: MITgcm (0.01 resolution with 50 vertical
levels). Near-field: Jirkas 6-parameter (turbulence closure)
single-plume model.
