Evaluation of the Effects of Boundary Conditions and Atmospheric Forcing in the SoFLA-HYCOM Domain

Abstract

Regional model for South Florida seas: SoFLA-HYCOM (South Florida Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model). A multi-nested modeling approach in support of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (funded by NOAA). Evaluation of nested simulation strategies in terms of boundary conditions, data assimilation and forcing (funded by ONR-NOPP). Coupled to a biological Lagrangian model of larval transport to study connectivity and coral reef fish recruitment in the Florida Keys (funded by NSF).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA575817

Entities

People

  • Alan Walcraft
  • Julie Pullen
  • Ole Martin Smedstad
  • Pat Hogan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Consortiums
  • Coral Reefs
  • Florida
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Stresses
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Ships
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers