Evaluations of the POP Model for Navy Forecasting Use

Abstract

The long-term goal is the development of a global high resolution atmosphere/ocean/ice coupled model with data assimilative capability for use in Navy forecasting. The overall objective is to evaluate the feasibility of using the high resolution Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Parallel Ocean Program (POP) for global Navy forecasting needs. Particular objectives are to assess the ability of the model to reproduce processes and features of importance to prediction at 1/10-degree horizontal resolution and 40-level vertical resolution in a basin-scale simulation, and to determine the impact of various samplings of wind forcing on the realism of a global 1/3-degree, 32-level run.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630591

Entities

People

  • Albert Semtner
  • Julie L. McClean
  • Mathew Maltrud
  • Robin Tokmakian
  • Wiesław Masłowski

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Delphi Method
  • Electronic Mail
  • Gulf Stream
  • High Resolution
  • Isotherms
  • Layers
  • Navy
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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