Concept information
Preferred term
SBCS
Definition
- The Santa Barbara Channel Study (SBCS) is the same as the Santa Barbara Channel/Santa Marine Basin Study (SRC/SMB). This study is an extension of the numerical modeling circulation component of the Santa Barbara Channel-Santa Maria Basin (SBC-SMB) Circulation Study. The SBC-SMB Circulation Study is the title of the Cooperative Agreement (CA) between the state of California and the MMS. Absence of sufficient observations, as has been the case in past modeling programs, prevents proper model skill assessment. One of the Scientific Review Panel?s April 1997 recommendations states that successful SBC-SMB model development, successful analysis of observations, and successful field work is contingent on all three being performed concurrently during the conduct of the SBC-SMB Circulation study. This will allow modelers valuable interaction with the Study?s principal investigators (PI) (observationalists) during the conduct of their respective study components. Recent numerically modeled simulations of circulation processes characteristic to the SBC have been, and continue to be, used in the analysis of observations obtained in that area. Modeled simulations of the characteristic flows of the SBC and SMB appropriate for OSRA, and modeled circulation processes helpful to analysis of the data obtained in the SMB, are not scheduled for completion under the present contract. Objectives: 1. Support analysis of observations obtained from the extended field work with numerically modeled process studies presently taking place in the Santa Maria Basin. 2. Provide reliable predicted ocean current information for the Santa Barbara Channel and the SMB by complementing the entire suite of observations obtained in the SBC-SMB Circulation Study. Contact Person: David Browne David.Browne@mms.gov For more information, link to "http://www.mms.gov/eppd/sciences/esp/profiles/pc/PC-99-04.htm" or "http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/research/sbcsmb/sbc_home.html" [Summary provided by MMS] (en)
Broader concept
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URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/39e03d88-518d-43e9-9e2e-38f4180f31bd
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