Table 4. Varieties of physical models for the Gulf of Alaska. ERPE=Eddy Resolving Primitive Equation Model; Layer=Layer model (divides the water column into discrete layers of uniform density); QG=Quasigeostrophic model; PE=Primitive Equation
Domain:
Type:
Global
ERPE
Basin
Layer
 Semtner and Chervin (1992)
Smith, Dukowicz and Malone (LANL)
Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA)
Melsom et al. (submitted)
Hurlburt et al. (1992)
Heim et al. (1992)
Yamanaka and Kitamura (Met.Res.Inst.,JMA)
Domain:
Type:
Basin
QG
Basin
ERPE and other
 Cummins (1989)
Cummins and Mysak (1988)
Cummins and Freeland (1993)
Jiang et al. (1995)
Hsieh and Lee (1989)
Lee et al. (1992)
Haidvogel et al. (Rutgers)
Yamagata (Tokyo Univ.)
Ingraham and Miyahara (1988)
Ingraham et al. (1991)
Yoshioka and Yoon (1992)
Domain:
Type:
Coastal
Tidal
Coastal
PE and other
 Liu and Leendertse (1990)
Bang (KORDI)
Kowalik (UAF)
Foreman et al. (1993)
Johnson (MMS)
Hermann and Stabeno (1996)
Barth (1995)
Allen (UBC)
Walters and Foreman (1992)
Foreman et al. (1992)
Hannah et al. (1991)
Type:InverseHydrologic
 Matear (1993)
Kowalik et al. (1994)
Royer (1982)
Abbreviations: JMA--Japanese Meteorological Agency; KORDI--Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute; LANL--Los Alamos National Laboratory; UAF--University of Alaska Fairbanks; UBC--University of British Columbia