1. Modelling Tunisia Marine Ecosystems
INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES
ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER
Modelling Tunisia Marine Ecosystems
Ali Harzallah
INSTM

2. Operational Forecasting
MODELLING STRATEGY
1997
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
ATM. : ECMWF, LMDZ, NCEP
Operational Forecasting  
ATM : INM
Mediterranean Sea
Off Tunisia coasts
Version 2
ZOOM version
Small basins
Bizerte lagoon
Gulf of Tunis
Sousse Hamdoun
pollutant transport,
sediment transport
ecology, bacteria,

3. MEDITERRANEAN SEA MODEL

4. OBSERVED & SIMULATED CIRCULATION

5. CURRENT PROFILE AT GIBRALTAR
OBSERVED & SIMULATED
CURRENT PROFILE AT GIBRALTAR

6. WATER FLUX THROUGH GIBARALTAR
OBSERVED & SIMULATED
WATER FLUX THROUGH GIBARALTAR
Forcing : P, V, E-P

7. TUNISIA COASTS MODEL
MODEL
GRID

8. MODEL SPIN-UP

9. SIMULATED SURFACE CURRENTS

10. CURRENTS IN THE GULF OF GABES
, x, y, t : invariées (1)

11. MODEL - MODB DATA

12. SATELLITE IMAGE
June, 30 – July,

13. MODEL - MODB DATA
, x, y, t : invariées (1)

14. SATELLITE IMAGE
MODELE - DONNEES MODB
January,

15. MODEL – MODB DATA

16. MODEL - MODB DATA
SEA LEVEL
February,

17. MESUREMENTS & VALIDATION

18. MODEL VALIDATION

19. ZOOM MODEL

20. ZOOM MODEL
, x, y, t : invariées (1)

21. BIZERTE LAGOON MODEL

22. BIZERTE LAGOON MODEL NORTH WEST WINDS SURFACE CIRCULATION
VERTICAL-AVERAGE CIRCULATION

23. GULF OF TUNIS MODEL
OPERATION BLANCHE 22/09/2000

24. GULF OF TUNIS MODEL
OPERATION BLANCHE 22/09/2000

25. Next
-Climate change LMDZ –MED
-Zoom Model
-Operational model
-Ecological model
-Assimilation ?