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Villy Kourafalou¹
Ge Peng ¹ and Heesook Kang ¹

(1) University of Miami, Rosenstiel School, Florida, USA

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The South Florida Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (SoFLA-HYCOM) encompasses a variety of coastal regions (the broad Southwest Florida shelf, the narrow Atlantic Keys shelf, the shallow Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay) and deep regions (the Straits of Florida), including Marine Protected Areas (the Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary and the Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve). The presence of the strong Loop Current/Florida Current system and associated eddies connects the local and basin-wide dynamics. A multi-nested approach has been developed to ensure resolution of coastal scale processes and proper interaction with the large scale flows. Different strategies of nesting to HYCOM GODAE products are evaluated, along with sensitivity to model resolution and atmospheric forcing. Simulations are evaluated by comparing model computed and measured (NOAA cable data) Florida Current transport at 27N.

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