Three Dimensional Visualization of a Coastal Mesoscale Model

Abstract

An atmospheric coastal mesoscale model is visualized using a high speed graphical computer workstation. Output from a 36-h model forecast of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) research version of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) limited area grid model is displayed at 30 minute time steps. The NPS/NRL model is centered on the California coastal region. Using the graphical software package, VIS-5D, three-dimensional scenes are developed that show the interrelation of model parameters which aid in understanding model output. The visualization is used to evaluate wind flow, temperature and moisture patterns, shortwave and longwave radiation parameterization, and cloud simulations for the time period 0000 UTC 02 May 1990 to 1200 UTC 03 May 1990. Additionally, model output is used to compute tactical displays of radar propagation used by the naval fleet Numerical modeling. Three dimensional visualization, Coastal meteorology, Mesoscale,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA278576

Entities

People

  • R. M. Sampson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coastal Regions
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Grids
  • Layers
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Space Sciences
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers