Finite Element Modeling of Coastal Circulation

Abstract

The long-term goal is to develop finite element procedures for nearshore and shelf-scale operations using unstructured grids which can be adapted in a real-time data assimilative manner. Initial application is to the Yellow Sea, with technology transfer from parallel efforts in the Gulf of Maine. Objectives are to: 1) Develop a realistic circulation model for the Yellow Sea. Processes must include tides and tidal rectification, wind, remote forcing, and baroclinicity. 2) Develop and archive climatological circulation for the Yellow Sea, in 6 bimonthly seasons. 3) Develop data-assimilative methods for shipboard limited-area nowcasting and forecasting using inverse methods and the above results as prior estimates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA537780

Entities

People

  • Christopher E. Naimie
  • Daniel R. Lynch

Organizations

  • Dartmouth College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Cold Water
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Sets
  • Delphi Method
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Shallow Water
  • Software Design
  • Standards
  • Stresses
  • Surface Temperature
  • Technology Transfer
  • Wind Stress
  • Yellow Sea

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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