High Resolution Characterization of Riverine and Coastal Currents

Abstract

Predictive Capability for Coastal Circulation: High resolution (meters) currents and water levels in littoral environments that include bays, inter-tidal marshes and rivers. ADCIRC Model includes 3D dynamics, details of forcing from tides, wind, waves and rivers; shoreline inundation/recession; uses unstructured grids(based on finite elements) and MPI parallelization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 2005
Accession Number
ADA447901

Entities

People

  • Brett D. Estrade
  • Cheryl A. Blain
  • T. C. Massey

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Oceans
  • Operations Research
  • Optical Properties
  • Persian Gulf
  • Rivers
  • Storm Surges
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States Military Academy
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)