Global Ocean Prediction Using HYCOM

Abstract

HYCOM HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model. Developed from MICOM by HYCOM/NOPP Consortium. Naval Research Lab, U. Miami, FSU, Los Alamos - GISS. Creating a true community ocean model. Hybrid (generalized) vertical coordinate. Isopycnal in open, stratified ocean. Terrain-following in shallow coastal regions. Z-level in mixed layer and other unstratified regions. Generalized not limited to these types. Dynamically smooth transition between coordinate systems. Coordinate choice varies in space and time. Isopycnals intersecting sloping topography by allowing zero thickness layers. Accurate transition between the deep and shallow water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 2006
Accession Number
ADA575910

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Wallcraft
  • E. P. Chassignet
  • Edward Joseph Metzger
  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • J. A. Cummings
  • Ole Martin Smedstad

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Coastal Regions
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Couplings
  • Grids
  • Gulf Stream
  • Ice
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Level
  • Shallow Water
  • South China Sea
  • Terrain
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Water

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space