High-Resolution Measurement-Based Phase-Resolved Prediction of Ocean Wavefields

Abstract

The primary focus of this research is to develop a phase-resolved capability for intermediate scale, O(10)km, wave environment prediction by integrating whole-field and multiple-point direct measurements of the wave and atmospheric environment with nonlinear simulation-based reconstruction of the wavefield. Given remote and direct physical measurements of a realistic ocean wavefield, we aim to obtain a high-resolution description of the wavefield with direct wave computations including realistic environmental effects such as wind forcing and wave breaking dissipation. We will inform and guide the measurements necessary for achieving this reconstruction and address the validity, accuracy and limitations of such wavefield reconstructions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA573052

Entities

People

  • Lian Shen

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Assimilation
  • Civil Engineering
  • High Pressure
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Multiscale Modeling
  • Multiscale Simulations
  • Physics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radar
  • Simulations
  • Surface Waves
  • Water Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.