Diags sostide-am

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1. WATER MASS TRANSFORMATIONS

Two simulation with and without tidal forcing are available. A simple way of studying the water mass transformations is to analyse the T, S, and TS diagrams of both simulations and look the changes brought by  tides.

• Here are TS diagrams on different zones of the Solomon Sea. The analysis are done from daily output for 1995-1997.

• Temperature and salinity over sigma 23.3 and 25.7

• Generation sites: W' = W - Wb; where W is the vertical velocity and Wb is vertical barotropic velocity.

Wb = integral (1/h * Wdz)

There are three (3) generation zones in the Solomon Sea: Solomon Strait, Solomon Islands and around Louisiade Archipelago.