The Prediction of Wind-Driven Coastal Circulation

Abstract

This National Oceanographic Partnership Program project combines modeling, data assimilation and an observational program off Oregon built around deployment of the existing OSU Coastal Radar System. A high-resolution, three-dimensional coastal ocean circulation model is being applied to an Oregon coastal region centered on Newport for direct simulations, data assimilation and process studies. The ocean model is being forced initially by observed winds and heat flux and the results compared with observations. Ultimately, the ocean model will be driven by surface fluxes from a high-resolution coastal atmospheric model, forced by an operational large-scale weather prediction model. Inverse methods, or data assimilation techniques, that combine data and models in a scientifically rigorous fashion are being developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA532424

Entities

People

  • J. A. Barth
  • John S. Allen

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Coastal Regions
  • Continental Shelves
  • Electronic Mail
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Radar
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional
  • Universities
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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