Software Design Description for the Tidal Open-boundary Prediction System (TOPS)

Abstract

The Tidal Open-boundary Prediction System (TOPS) is a tool that provides tidal predictions for the open boundaries of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM). This system predicts tides by assimilating International Hydrographic Office (IHO) tide gauge and TOPEX altimetry data with shallow water dynamics using four-dimensional variational analysis (4DVAR). TOPS is based on the Oregon State University (OSU) Tidal Inversion Software (OTIS) package, which was simplified, automated, and transitioned to operate within the setup of the Relocatable NCOM system. This report describes the design of the TOPS software package.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530336

Entities

People

  • Clark D. Rowley
  • Gretchen M. Dawson
  • Pamela G. Posey
  • Paul J. Martin
  • Scott Smith
  • Suzanne N. Carroll

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Frequency Domain
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Grids
  • Harmonic Analysis
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Shallow Water
  • Software Design
  • Time Domain
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Wave Equations

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Software Engineering