Basin-scale Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model

Abstract

Main objective: To perform a realistic, truly eddy resolving, windand buoyancy-forced numerical simulation of the global ocean with sophisticated data assimilation techniques that can be efficiently executed on massively parallel computers. To assess its nowcast/forecast capabilities for both Lagrangian trajectories and 3-D Eulerian fields such as velocity, temperature, salinity, and density.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2002
Accession Number
ADA575816

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Wallcraft
  • E. Joseph Metzger
  • Eric P. Hassignet
  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • Patrick J. Hogan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adaptive Filters
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Computer Programs
  • Fresh Water
  • Grids
  • Heat Flux
  • Information Operations
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Sea Water
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.