User's Manual for the Globally Relocatable Navy Tide/Atmosphere Modeling System (PCTides)

Abstract

The purpose of this user's guide is to describe the steps needed to set up and run a tide model as pant of the Globally Relocatable Tide/Atmospheric Models System (PCTides). It includes detailed examples and instructions on how to set up a grid and model bathymetry, how to generate a tidal forecast using a 2- or 3-dimensional barotropic ocean model and how to view forecast products. Instructions are included for the set up of a surge forecast using hurricane winds and pressures generated by a hurricane model that is included in the PCTides system. This user's guide contains an appendix that provides instruction on how set up and run a globally relocatable mesoscale atmospheric model. This model may be used to provide surface wind and pressure forcing for the ocean model when other operational Navy winds are not available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 2001
Accession Number
ADA396682

Entities

People

  • Graeme D. Hubbert
  • Pamela G. Posey
  • Ruth H. Preller
  • Suzanne N. Carroll

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Bathymetry
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cyclones
  • Databases
  • Grids
  • Hurricanes
  • Instructions
  • Operating Systems
  • Sea Level
  • Storm Surges
  • Storms
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).