YEOS Input data

Required input data for models

• Waves: wind forcing, bathymetry• Ocean-ice model:

– Weather forcing– Bathymetry– Tidal harmonics– T/S climatology– River runoff

• SPM:– Bottom sediment type– Initial condition – River SPM load

Input data collected

Weather forcing (25N-41N, 110E – 131E)

Model bathymetry (3nm resolution)

Tidal harmonics

• Satellite: TOPEX/POSEIDON – 1/4degree resolution, 8 harmonics, Danish space centre, global

• KORDI: 10km resolution, 8 harmonincs, Yellow Sea, East China Sea

Large uncertainties for tidal harmonics (1)

Large uncertainties for tidal harmonics (2)

T/S monthly climatology and River runoff

• T/S: NODC High resolution (1/4 degree) Temperature and Salinity Analyses of the World's Oceans (http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOA01/qd_ts01.html) Version 2.

• River runoff: annual mean value – IAP