Ocean Model Development for COAMPS

Abstract

Develop a coupled ocean-atmosphere prediction system that can be used for hindcasting and forecasting coastal environments. This system is referred to as the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS). The atmospheric component of this system was developed by the Atmospheric Dynamics and Prediction Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and is currently in use at NRL and at the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) (Hodur, 1997). The objectives of this project are to develop an ocean model that contains some of the best features of existing coastal ocean models and meets the Navy's needs for conducting simulations and predictions in littoral environments, and to fully couple that model with the atmospheric model within the current COAMPS program architecture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551571

Entities

People

  • Paul J. Martin

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Bays
  • Boundaries
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Coastal Regions
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Environment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Grids
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Remote Sensing
  • Simulations
  • Storm Surges

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers