Validation Test Report for the BioCast Optical Forecast Model Version 1.0

Abstract

The Bio-Optical Forecasting (BioCast) System is a model that provides the U.S. Navy with short-term forecasts of the ocean's optical environment. These forecasts are used to support a broad spectrum of naval operations. BioCast ingests satellite surface optical properties and 3D ocean model velocity forecasts and calculates a three-dimensional optical property (pseudo-tracer) transport. BioCast verification statistics generated via forecast comparison to "next-day" satellite images show superior performance over 24-hour persistence of composite satellite data. Future updates include integration of 3D optical property as initial state and complex bottom sediment models for nephloid layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2015
Accession Number
ADA621882

Entities

People

  • Jason K. Jolliff
  • Jennifer Bowers
  • Robert A. Arnone
  • Sean Mccarthy
  • Sergio Derada
  • Sherwin D. Ladner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Properties
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Shell Scripts
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites