A Community Terrain-Following Ocean Modeling System (ROMS/TOMS)

Abstract

The long-term technical goal is to design, develop and test the next generation, primitive equation ocean model for high-resolution scientific (ROMS: Regional Ocean Modeling System) and operational (TOMS: Terrain-following Ocean Modeling System) applications. Currently, both modeling systems are identical and extensively used by the research and operational communities around the world. Our aim is to produce an open-source, terrain-following, ocean community model for regional nowcasting and forecasting that includes advanced data assimilation, ensemble prediction, and analysis tools for adaptive sampling and circulation dynamics/stability/sensitivity, which is highly relevant to ONR objectives. This project will improve the ocean modeling capabilities of the U.S. Navy for relocatable, coastal, coupled atmosphere-ocean forecasting applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA590316

Entities

People

  • Hernan G. Arango

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Communities
  • Computational Science
  • Equations
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Oceans
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Terrain
  • Terrain Following
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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