Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS), Version 5.0, Revision 2.0 (User's Guide)

Abstract

The Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) Version 5.0 is a fully coupled, data assimilative model which consists of the atmospheric model (COAMPS), coupled to the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM), and the Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model. Coupling of the models is accomplished via the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF), in which surface fluxes of momentum and moisture, sea surface heights, currents, Stokes' drift currents, and wave radiation stress gradients are exchanged across the air-sea-wave interface. This version of the user's manual includes instructions to setup COAMPS Version 5.0 on a user's workstation or on the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) platforms. Step-by-step instructions include using subversion control to upload COAMPS Version 5.0 code and namelists, setup of COAMPS, NCOM, and SWAN input/output directories and namelists, input data acquisition, creation of high-resolution grid setup namelists, and execution of COAMPS Version 5.0.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565451

Entities

People

  • Richard Allard
  • Suzanne N. Carroll
  • Timothy J. Campbell
  • Travis A. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Geography
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Grids
  • High Performance Computing
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Database Systems and Applications