Evaluation, Validation and Transition of the 1/12 degree Global HYCOM/NCODA/PIPS System

Abstract

HYCOM = HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model * NCODA = Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation * PIPS = Polar Ice Prediction System. Delivery: Scheduled for transition to the Naval Oceanographic Office in 2008 * Capability: Provide accurate 3D temperature, salinity and current structure * Depict the location of mesoscale features: fronts and eddies * Progress: 1/12-deg global HYCOM/NCODA running in real-time in the NAVOCEANO operational queues since 22 Dec 2006 * Produces daily 5-day hindcast up to the nowcast time, then a 5-7 day forecast * Graphical and digital output available through the HYCOM consortium web pages * Validation efforts underway - comparing against operational 1/8-deg global NCOM(Navy Coastal Ocean Model).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA541656

Entities

People

  • Alan Wallcraft
  • Birol Kara
  • Debbie Franklin
  • E. Joseph Metzger
  • Harley Hurlburt
  • Jay F. Shriver
  • Lucy Smedstad
  • Ole Martin Smedstad
  • Pam Posey
  • Prasad G. Thoppil

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Assimilation
  • Bering Sea
  • Energy
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Ice
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transitions
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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