Validation of hydrodynamic models of the Baltic Sea in polish waters - HIROMB as an example

Abstract

Proper description of thermo-hydrodynamic processes in seas is important for scientific and for many practical purposes. Among mathematical models, deterministic models, basing on the set of conservation equations, and calculating the response of the modelled system on the external forcing, are now being most intensively used by researchers. Reliable forecast of thermo-hydrodynamic processes is one of the most important applications of the geophysical fluid dynamics. In this paper, we concentrate on problems of validation of the particular deterministic operational model for the Baltic Sea, the HIROMB model. Possibilities of observations and measurements useful for the model validation in the Polish zone of the Baltic Sea are discussed