Coastal acoustic tomography data constraints applied to a coastal ocean circulation model
By: by Le Ngoc Ly, Ching-Sang Chiu
Contributors: Chiu, Ching-Sang; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Oceanography
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: OCEAN MODELS; ACOUSTIC DATA; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
Other titles: NPS-OC-94-001.
Description: A direct insertion scheme for assimilating coastal acoustic tomographic (CAT) vertical      temperature sections into a multilevel, coastal primitive equation model for the Gulf of Sirte      (Lybia) is investigated using computer simulation experiments. Although the model was      developed for the whole Mediterranean Sea (MED), only a model sub-domain covering the      Gulf of Sirte was used in this study. The model has realistic coastlines and bottom      topography, and a coastal-following, curvilinear, nearly orthogonal, horizontal coordinate      system with a horizontal resolution of about 10 by 10 km. The grid of the model was      designed using a grid generation/focusing technique. The model has complete      thermodynamics, second order turbulence closure, and 16 bottom-following (sigma)      vertical levels. To generate the true ocean for this study, the model was first spun up for 30      days with the Levitus temperature and salinity and ECMWF wind climatologies, and then      run for one year and more. The last 60 days of this control run were taken to represent      actuality.
Notes: Cover title.

"NPS-OC-94-001."

"April 1994."

"Technical report for period June 1993 - March 1994."

AD-A283 911.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-40)

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