Validation Test Report for WAVEWATCH III

Abstract

This document serves as the Validation Test Report for the WAVEWATCH III model transition to the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). A literature review is given, focusing on prior validation efforts, such as those by FNMOC and NCEP comparing WAM and WAVEWATCH III. An experimental realtime system is now running on NAVOCEANO hardware and uses the "multi-grid" (two-way nesting) feature of WW3, with a global grid and nine regional grids. The realtime system is validated in a limited sense using several coastal and deepwater NOAA NDBC buoys. The third component provides a thorough validation. This is done using a single-grid global wave model hindcast for the last four months of 2010. The primary "ground truth" for this section is satellite altimetry, though several deep-water buoys are also used here. Four hindcasts are evaluated, using two alternate forms of wave model physics. In a final section, recommendations for the future are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA576706

Entities

People

  • David H Wang
  • Erick Erick Rogers
  • James D. Dykes
  • Kim Watson
  • Suanne N. Carroll

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Central Processing Units
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Deep Water
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • High Performance Computing
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Operating Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space