Global Air-Ocean Coupling Development and Studies

Abstract

The Navy has a need for global environmental prediction from the top of the atmosphere to the floor of the ocean. Forecast time scales are 7-10 days for the atmosphere and 30-60 days for the ocean. A coupled atmosphere-ocean prediction system for data-assimilation and forecast provides the best hope for achieving these ambitious goals. NRL-Monterey will develop the system with large contributions from the rest of NRL and the meteorological and oceanographic research communities at large. The target system with have horizontal resolution of O(1/4) degree in the atmosphere and O(1/8) degree in the ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625099

Entities

People

  • Tom Rosmond

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Communities
  • Couplings
  • Diffusivity
  • Energy Transfer
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Numbers
  • Observation
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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