Real-time Environmental Information Network and Analysis System (REINAS)

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS: The long term goals of the NPS portion of this project, which is joint with UCSC, are to develop a mesoscale coastal analysis system for use in diagnosing and predicting coastal circulations in a topographically complex coastal region and to provide guidance to UCSC for the development of data collection, data management, and visualization tools for mesoscale meteorological problems. OBJECTIVES: The specific scientific objectives of this project are to develop a coastal mesoscale data assimilation system using multiquadric interpolation and the Navy's NORAPS and NCAR/Penn State MM5 model, diagnose the sensitivity of the diurnally varying winds in the Monterey Bay to synoptic-scale influences using the data assimilation system and other REINAS tools, and to assess the role of the complex coastal topography in modifying the Monterey Bay sea breeze.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA634495

Entities

People

  • Wendell A. Nuss

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Pollution
  • Assimilation
  • Bays
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coastal Regions
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Management
  • Databases
  • Information Operations
  • Interpolation
  • Observation
  • Regions
  • Sea Breeze
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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