Nowcasting and Forecasting of Sound Velocity Structure by Ocean Modelling

Abstract

The Harvard Ocean Prediction System (HOPS) is applied to an observed oceanographic data set in order to demonstrate that a dynamicalocean model is able to provide meaningful extensions in space (nowcast) and time (forecast) of the sound velocity field. The model is set up with a high number of vertical layers in order to resolve sufficiently the details of sound velocity profiles. The high resolution observational data collected in February 1997 in the Antalya Basin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) is serving for initialization of the model and for validation of the model results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
AD1113987

Entities

People

  • R. Onken

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Climate Change
  • Databases
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Geographic Regions
  • Grids
  • Measurement
  • Nato
  • Navy
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Solar Radiation
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space