Global HYCOM Initial and Boundary Conditions for Regional and Coastal Models

Abstract

The long-term goal of this effort is to evaluate global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) initial and boundary conditions supplied to regional and coastal nested models, including coupled COAMPS and NCOM. As part of the larger NOPP-funded program, HYCOM will be run with data assimilation in an eddy-resolving, fully global ocean prediction system that is scheduled to transition to the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) at .08 equatorial (~7 km mid-latitude) resolution in 2007 and .04 resolution in 2011. Projected outcomes of our component will include the operational capability to run globally-relocatable high-resolution NCOM using HYCOM initial and boundary conditions, improvements to treatment of boundary conditions and exploration of the relative sensitivity of coupled model skill to boundary, initial and surface forcing perturbations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA573419

Entities

People

  • John Kindle
  • Julie Pullen

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Management
  • Grids
  • High Performance Computing
  • High Resolution
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Philippines
  • Regions
  • Scale Models
  • Simulations
  • Terrain
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography