Development of a Novel Coupled Simulation Tool to Study Ocean-Estuary Exchange

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to develop a coupled ocean-estuary simulation tool that will consist of the Regional Oceanic Modeling System (ROMS) and the nonhydrostatic, unstructured-grid SUNTANS model, in order to study the interaction of coastal regions with estuaries. The scientific goal will be to understand the dynamics of ocean-estuary exchange between San Francisco Bay and the coastal Pacific Ocean, with ROMS simulating the coastal Pacific Ocean, and SUNTANS simulating San Francisco Bay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA533834

Entities

People

  • Oliver Fringer

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advection
  • Bays
  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Interpolation
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Physics
  • San Francisco Bay
  • Simulations
  • Terrain

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers