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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/39e03d88-518d-43e9-9e2e-38f4180f31bd
SBCS
The Santa Barbara Channel Study (SBCS) is the same as the SantaBarbara Channel/Santa Marine Basin Study (SRC/SMB).This study is an extension of the numerical modeling circulationcomponent of the Santa Barbara Channel-Santa Maria Basin (SBC-SMB)Circulation Study. The SBC-SMB Circulation Study is the title of theCooperative Agreement (CA) between the state of California and theMMS. Absence of sufficient observations, as has been the case in pastmodeling programs, prevents proper model skill assessment. One of theScientific Review Panel?s April 1997 recommendations states thatsuccessful SBC-SMB model development, successful analysis ofobservations, and successful field work is contingent on all threebeing performed concurrently during the conduct of the SBC-SMBCirculation study. This will allow modelers valuable interaction withthe Study?s principal investigators (PI) (observationalists) duringthe conduct of their respective study components.Recent numerically modeled simulations of circulation processescharacteristic to the SBC have been, and continue to be, used in theanalysis of observations obtained in that area. Modeled simulations ofthe characteristic flows of the SBC and SMB appropriate for OSRA, andmodeled circulation processes helpful to analysis of the data obtainedin the SMB, are not scheduled for completion under the presentcontract. 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]