A Coupled Physical-Chemica I-Biological Model for the Western Baltic
S5.S' N
55 .0' N
54 .S' N -.....:::----->
54 .0' N
12' E
13 ' E
14 ' E
longitude
lS ' E
171
lS'E
Fig.l The model area is the southwestern Baltic. The monitoring stations 113 and 213 are
indicated
Table 1 Physical and biological parameters
AH
Horizontal eddy diffusivity
10E+5 cm 2 S-1
AM
Horizontal eddy viscosity
10E+5 cm 2 S-1
FRMXT
Maximal vertical diffusivity
50 cm 2 S-1
FRMXU
Maximal vertical viscosity
50 cm 2 S-1
BVDC
Background vertical diffusivity
0.00134 cm 2 S-1
BVVC
Background vertical viscosity
0.0l34 cm 2 S- 1
a
Half-saturation constant
0.3
f max
Maximal growth rate
1 day-l
~
Maximal grasing rate
0.5 day-l
Ivlev constant
1.1
LpN
Loss P - N
0.02 day-l
LpD
Loss P - D
0.02 day-l
LZN
Loss Z - N
0.01 day-l
LZD
Loss Z - D
0.02 day-l
LDN
Loss D - N
0.02 day-l
wSD
Sinking velocity for D
500 cm day- l
wSP
Sinking velocity for P
120 p2 cm day-l
Po
Background concentration of P
0.5 mmol N m- 3
Zo
Background concentration of Z
0.5 mmol N m- 3