IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELING SYSTEM FOR THE BLACK SEA BASIN

In the last decades the constant increase of the economical activities in the Black Sea basin, enhanced the importance of a better prediction of the global and local circulation in this environment. Moreover, the global changes in the climate often induce unusual environmental patterns and various new scenarios should be also considered. The aim of the work proposed herewith is to present the results of an implementation of such a circulation modeling system for the entire basin of the Black Sea. The model considered is MOHID (acronym from MOdelacao HIDrodinamica) three-dimensional water modeling system, which is developed by MARETEC (Marine and Environmental Technology Research Center) at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) in Lisbon. The paper presents simulations, carried out for the month of January 2010, that were compared with remotely sensed data corresponding to the same period. The above simulations were performed on three dimensions (35 depth layers), taking into account the temperature and salinity fields provided by the MyOcean website (http://www.myocean.eu/). Some original MATLAB software with numerical and graphical outputs was also developed for pre and post processing the data associated with the numerical model simulations in the Black Sea basin.