Taking Wave Prediction to New Levels: Wavewatch 3

Abstract

To provide more effective meteorological and oceanographic support to the U.S. Navy, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has transitioned state-of-the-art operational wave prediction technology to the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and to the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) at Monterey, California. Developed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and used for civilian prediction at the National Weather Service, the WAVEWATCHIII (registered trademark) numerical wave prediction model - featuring multigrid operability among other improvements-was tailored for the Navy's unique military demands, tested, evaluated for operational use in 2013, and declared operational in August 2014. The Navy system runs daily on high-performance machines at the Navy Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1014829

Entities

People

  • Erick Erick Rogers
  • James D. Dykes
  • Ruth H. Preller

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • High Performance Computing
  • Ice
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • North America
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Water
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space