Inverse Modeling of Coastal Tides

Abstract

The principal goal of this project is to develop efficient, relocatable, tidal data assimilation schemes that make use of all information, including data (e.g., altimetry, current moorings, coastal radar) and dynamics to constrain barotropic and internal tides (especially tidal currents) in coastal areas and shallow seas. Objectives in the current project period are: (1) to adapt the computationally intensive methods developed by Egbert et al. [1994] into a relocatable inversion package for routine application to regional and coastal barotropic tidal modeling; (2) to apply these methods to study tidal currents off Oregon coast where extensive current meter and coastal radar data are available; (3) to begin development of tidal inversion methods for a three-dimensional stratified ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA613935

Entities

People

  • Gary D. Egbert

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programs
  • Covariance
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Inversion
  • Oceans
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tidal Currents
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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