Modeling the Response of Monterey Bay to Observed and Model Winds and Tidal Forcing

Abstract

The long-term goals of our project are to improve comprehensive high-resolution numerical models of the coastal ocean circulation for regions with complex bottom topography, coastlines, and multi-scale physical phenomena using enhanced gridding technology, nested open boundary conditions, and ultimately, data assimilation of new observational data types such as surface currents from the Coastal Applications Radar (CODAR). The goals include model validations against observed data. This program seeks to apply new technologies to Navy coastal ocean modeling activities. It includes numerical simulations of the responses of the Monterey Bay (MOB) circulation to tidal and wind forcing using the MOB curvilinear, nearly-orthogonal, multi-block grid coastal ocean model developed at the NPS. It also includes the model validation against observed data in Monterey Bay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551138

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey D. Paduan
  • Le N. Ly

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Processing
  • Electronic Mail
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Models
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Salinity
  • Sea Water
  • Shallow Depth
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)