Eddy Resolving Global Ocean Prediction Including Tides

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS: Use the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) with tides, dynamic sea ice, and data assimilation in an eddy-resolving, fully global ocean prediction system with 1/25 deg horizontal resolution that will run in real time at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) starting in 2012. The model will include shallow water and provide boundary conditions to finer resolution coastal models that may use HYCOM or a different model. OBJECTIVES: To develop, evaluate, and investigate the dynamics of 1/25 deg global HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) with tides coupled to CICE (the Los Alamos sea ice model) with atmospheric forcing only, with data assimilation via NCODA (NRL Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation), and in forecast mode. Also to incorporate advances in dynamics and physics from the science community into the HYCOM established and maintained within the Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA518715

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Wallcraft

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Computers
  • Deep Water
  • Grids
  • Gulf Stream
  • High Performance Computing
  • Navy
  • Oceans
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terrain
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers