Notes on the NOARL Nowcast for the '89-'90 'El Nino' Forced by FNOC winds

Abstract

The Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NOARL) one active layer reduced gravity global ocean model is running in real time at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center forced by the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) wind fields. The model has a resolution of .5 deg x .7 deg (lat., long.) and depicts a few eddies but it is basically non eddy-resolving; it does depict most of the major current systems and large- scale fronts. In addition, the model clearly shows evidence of an El Nino-like event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean during 1989-1990. (edc)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223520

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Wallcraft
  • Edward Joseph Metzger
  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • J. C. Kindle

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Baja California
  • California
  • Central America
  • Geography
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Mississippi
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Research Management
  • Rossby Waves
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • South America
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermoclines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers