scholarly journals A Numerical Study of Oceanic Circulation in San Juan, Peru. Calibration of Princeton Ocean Model During 1991-2000

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Enrique H. Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Oceanic Circulation ◽  
Princeton Ocean Model

scholarly journals Numerical Study on the Expansion and Variation of Changjiang Diluted Water in Summer and Autumn

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
Wanli Hou ◽  
Menglin Ba ◽  
Jie Bai ◽  
Jianghua Yu
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
River Estuary ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Yangtze River Estuary ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Changjiang Diluted Water ◽  
Transportation Route

In view of the expansion and directional change mechanisms of Yangtze River water diluted with sea water in the shelf region (also known as Changjiang diluted water [CDW]) during summer and autumn, a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) and its adjacent waters was established based on the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM). Compared with the measured data, the model accurately simulates the hydrodynamic characteristics of the YRE. On that basis, the influence of the expansion patterns of the CDW in both summer and autumn was studied. It was found that, in 2019, the CDW expanded to the northeast in the summer and to the southeast in the autumn, and that the route of the CDW is mainly controlled by the wind, not the runoff. Current seasonal winds also change the transportation route of the CDW by affecting its hydrodynamic field. Typhoons are frequent in both summer and autumn, causing abnormalities in both the transportation route and expansion of the CDW. During a typhoon, a large amount of the CDW is transported in a continuous and abnormal manner, accelerating the path turning of the CDW. This paper enhances the existing theoretical research of the CDW and provides a reference with respect to the expansion of diluted water all over the world.

scholarly journals A numerical study of the response of tropical Pacific SST to atmospheric forcing

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-668
Author(s):  
XIAOMING LIU ◽  
JOHN M. MORRISON ◽  
LIAN XIE
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
The Other ◽  
Atmospheric Forcing ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Low Wind Speed ◽  
Sensitivity Tests ◽  
The Tropical Pacific

Two sets of atmospheric forcing from NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project, one based on monthly averaged climatological data and the other on 1982-83 monthly averaged data, are used to derive the global Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM). These two runs are referred to as the climatological experiments and 1982-83 El Nino experiments. Sensitivity tests of tropical Pacific SST to different bulk parameterizations of air-sea heat and momentum fluxes are carried out in the two experiments. Primary results show that constant transfer coefficients                          (1.2 × 10-3) for heat flux greatly overestimate the tropical Pacific SST, whereas the Liu-Katsaros-Businger (Liu et al. 1979) method can significantly improve the SST simulation especially under very low-wind speed conditions. On the other hand, Large and Pond (1982) formulation of the drag coefficient made little difference on the tropical Pacific SST simulation although it might modify the surface ocean circulation. The SST seasonal cycle and interannual variability of tropical Pacific SST are also examined in this study. Since SST is the most important oceanic parameter that provides the link between the atmosphere and the ocean, this evaluation of different parameterization schemes may facilitate future studies on coupling ocean-atmospheric numeric models.    

scholarly journals The transformation of an interfacial solitary wave of elevation at a bottom step

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Maderich ◽  
T. Talipova ◽  
R. Grimshaw ◽  
E. Pelinovsky ◽  
B. H. Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Wave ◽  
Solitary Waves ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Gardner Equation ◽  
Fully Nonlinear ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
The One ◽  
Bottom Step

Abstract. In this paper we study the transformation of an internal solitary wave at a bottom step in the framework of two-layer flow, for the case when the interface lies close to the bottom, and so the solitary waves are elevation waves. The outcome is the formation of solitary waves and dispersive wave trains in both the reflected and transmitted fields. We use a two-pronged approach, based on numerical simulations of the fully nonlinear equations using a version of the Princeton Ocean Model on the one hand, and a theoretical and numerical study of the Gardner equation on the other hand. In the numerical experiments, the ratio of the initial wave amplitude to the layer thickness is varied up one-half, and nonlinear effects are then essential. In general, the characteristics of the generated solitary waves obtained in the fully nonlinear simulations are in reasonable agreement with the predictions of our theoretical model, which is based on matching linear shallow-water theory in the vicinity of a step with solutions of the Gardner equation for waves far from the step.

Numerical Study of Storm Surges and Tide around Korea Using Operational Ocean Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Hyup You ◽  
Jang-Won Seo
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Ocean Model

Description and Analysis of the Ocean Component of NOAA’s Operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model (HWRF)

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Yablonsky ◽  
Isaac Ginis ◽  
Biju Thomas ◽  
Vijay Tallapragada ◽  
Dmitry Sheinin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Storm Track ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Forecast Model ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Temperature Structure ◽  
Ocean Temperature ◽  
Princeton Ocean Model ◽  
Weather Research

AbstractThe Princeton Ocean Model for Tropical Cyclones (POM-TC), a version of the three-dimensional primitive equation numerical ocean model known as the Princeton Ocean Model, was the ocean component of NOAA’s operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast Model (HWRF) from 2007 to 2013. The coupled HWRF–POM-TC system facilitates accurate tropical cyclone intensity forecasts through proper simulation of the evolving SST field under simulated tropical cyclones. In this study, the 2013 operational version of HWRF is used to analyze the POM-TC ocean temperature response in retrospective HWRF–POM-TC forecasts of Atlantic Hurricanes Earl (2010), Igor (2010), Irene (2011), Isaac (2012), and Leslie (2012) against remotely sensed and in situ SST and subsurface ocean temperature observations. The model generally underestimates the hurricane-induced upper-ocean cooling, particularly far from the storm track, as well as the upwelling and downwelling oscillation in the cold wake, compared with observations. Nonetheless, the timing of the model SST cooling is generally accurate (after accounting for along-track timing errors), and the ocean model’s vertical temperature structure is generally in good agreement with observed temperature profiles from airborne expendable bathythermographs.

Numerical Study on Circulation and Thermohaline Structures With Effects of Icing Event in the Caspian Sea

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Kitazawa ◽  
Jing Yang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Coriolis Force ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Water Current ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Volga River

A hydrostatic and ice coupled model was developed to analyze circulation and thermohaline structures in the Caspian Sea. The northern part of the Caspian Sea freezes in the winter. Waters start icing in November and ices spread during December and January. The northern part of the Caspian Sea is covered by ices in severe winters. Ice-covered area is at its maximum during January and February, and then ices begin melting in March and disappear in April. The occurrence of ices must have significant effects on circulation and thermohaline structures as well as ecosystem in the northern Caspian Sea. In the present study, formation of ices is modeled assuming that ices do not move but spread and shrink on water surface. Under the ices, it is assumed that the exchange of momentum flux is impeded and the fluxes of heat and brine salt are given at sea-ice boundary. The ice model was coupled with a hydrostatic model based on MEC (Marine Environmental Committee) Ocean Model developed by the Japan Society of Naval Architect and Ocean Engineers. Numerical simulation was carried out for 20 years to achieve stable seasonal changes in current velocity, water temperature, and salinity. The fluxes of momentum, heat, and salt were estimated by using measurement data at 11 meteorological stations around the Caspian Sea. Inflow of Volga River was taken into account as representative of all the rivers which inflow into the Caspian Sea. Effects of icing event on circulation and thermohaline structures were discussed using the results of numerical simulation in the last year. As a result, the accuracy of predicting water temperature in the northern Caspian Sea was improved by taking the effects of icing event into account. Differences in density in the horizontal direction create several gyres with the effects of Coriolis force. The differences were caused by differences in heat capacity between coastal and open waters, differences in water temperature due to climate, and inflow of rivers in the northern Caspian Sea. The water current field in the Caspian Sea is formed by adding wind-driven current to the dominant density-driven current, which is based on horizontal differences in water temperature and salinity, and Coriolis force.

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