Validation of the Global Relocatable Tide/Surge Model PCTides

Abstract

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a global, relocatable, tide/surge forecast system called PCTides. This system was designed in response to a U.S. Navy requirement to rapidly produce tidal predictions anywhere in the world. The system is composed of a two-dimensional barotropic ocean model driven by tidal forcing only or in conjunction with surface wind and pressure forcing. PCTides is unique in its ability to forecast tidal parameters for a user-specified latitude/longitude domain easily and quickly, and is especially useful in areas where observations are nonexistent. PCTides provides short-term (daily to weekly) predictions of water-level elevation and depth-averaged ocean currents. The system has been tested in numerous regions aid validated against observations collected in conjunction with several navy exercises.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 17, 2007
Accession Number
ADA482182

Entities

People

  • Gretchen M. Dawson
  • Pamela G. Posey
  • Richard Allard
  • Ruth H. Preller

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Databases
  • Elevation
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Nato
  • Observation
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Validation
  • Yellow Sea

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Science.
  • Oceanography.