Abstract
Abstract : The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) provides daily operational global, regional, and coastal ocean model forecasts and their associated prediction products. The models utilized include three-dimensional circulation, wave and ice forecasting systems that have been developed to meet Navy requirements; the models are forced by Navy atmospheric models and constrained by Navy-developed bottom topography. In addition, NAVOCEANO acquires, quality controls, and delivers real-time ocean observations from both in situ and remote-sensing resources for assimilation by the ocean models. These observations are also used to assess model skill and develop ocean climatologies. A major supercomputing capacity is needed to run this ocean modeling suite, as well as a uniquely skilled model operations team that keeps the systems running. Dedicated ocean forecasters interpret the predictions and apply the information to Navy operations. The path from requirements to development to operations demonstrates the close links between research and development production, and operational Navy applications. This path also provides innovative future ocean modeling plans directed to improve oceanographic support to the Navy.
Highlights
Most of us rely each day on National Weather Service forecasts to plan our daily schedules
SUMMARY OF OCEAN MODELS USED BY NAVOCEANO Ocean modeling at NAVOCEANO takes a serial approach, starting each daily cycle with global prediction and scaling down to higher resolution regional and coastal domains (Figure 1)
These ocean models, most of which were developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), output global, regional, and nearshore two- and three-dimensional ocean dynamic and thermodynamic properties and two-dimensional regional and coastal wave properties
Summary
The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) provides daily operational global, regional, and coastal ocean model forecasts and their associated prediction products. NAVOCEANO acquires, quality controls, and delivers real-time ocean observations from both in situ and remote-sensing resources for assimilation by the ocean models. These observations are used to assess model skill and develop ocean climatologies. The path from requirements to development to operations demonstrates the close links between research and development, production, and operational Navy applications. This path provides innovative future ocean modeling plans directed to improve oceanographic support to the Navy
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