REPRODUCTION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE KERCH STRAIT. PART 1: TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION

The first part of the paper presents verification results of the technology developed at the Federal State Budgetary Institution “N. N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute” (FSBI “SOI”) – Marine Hindcast and Forecasts System (MHFS) adapted for the Kerch Strait. It represents the complex of numerical regional models of the atmosphere, marine circulation, dynamics-thermodynamics of ice cover and wind waves for the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait., marine circulation models of the MHFS were implemented with a high spatial resolution. This technology was used to support the design and construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait. The capabilities of reproduction of the hydrological characteristics required for practical purposes are demonstrated by verification of model results with observational data. It is supposed to use the presented technology of calculation of hydrometeorological parameters of Kerch Strait for the monitoring system developed within the framework of the Russian Science Foundation research project 21-17-00191 “Monitoring of water exchange through the Kerch Strait on the basis of modern methods of observations and numerical modeling”. The second part will present the regime characteristics of hydrological conditions in the Kerch Strait water area.