Development of an Ocean Model for COAMPS

Abstract

The long-term goal is to develop a fully coupled, mesoscale, atmosphere-ocean prediction system that can be used over any given area of the world. This goal is to be accomplished by coupling a full-physics, mesoscale ocean model to a mesoscale atmospheric forecast model; developing, testing, and evaluating software for the necessary supporting infrastructure; and by leveraging related programs to develop an ocean data assimilation capability. This prediction system will be the cornerstone of a vertically integrated program such that it will be used for basic and applied research to study forecast problems in which coupling may be important and it will also be transitioned to operations to address those situations in which coupling is found to make a significant positive impact on mesoscale forecasts of the atmosphere and/or ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630736

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Hodur

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheres
  • Configuration Management
  • Couplings
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Latent Heat
  • Marine Energy
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.