Japan (East) Sea Dynamics Using Numerical Models With 1/8 degrees to 1/64 degrees Resolution

Abstract

Investigate Japan/East Sea circulation dynamics with a hybrid isopycnal/sigma (generalized) coordinate ocean model, and to verify numerical results via model-data comparisons. Investigate Japan/East Sea circulation dynamics in a systematic and progressive fashion using a sequence of increasingly complex ocean models and model-data comparisons. Investigate the impact of upper ocean - topographical coupling and isopycnal outcropping on the mean pathways of the major current systems. Also, to assess the impact of different wind forcing on the JES circulation, with emphasis on the branching of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC). Interannual simulations with multiple realizations differing only in their initial states are used to investigate interannual variability and deterministic vs. nondeterministic (flow instabilities) responses to daily wind forcing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551593

Entities

People

  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • Patrick J. Hogan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Couplings
  • Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Grids
  • Instability
  • Latitude
  • Military Research
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Simulations
  • Topography
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy