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A perspective of the ocean floor surrounding the state of Hawaii |
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SSI is developing a system of highly sophisticated computer models to provide a forecast capability of “weather” of the ocean surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
For our cases, the conditions in the oceans are specified in time and space based on high-resolution, dynamic, numerical models solving primitive, partial differential equations based on the conservation of energy, momentum, mass, heat, salt, and turbulence.
By utilizing appropriate forcing fields (such as wind forcing from a sophisticated atmospheric model), our approach results in oceanic fields that are physically consistent and dynamically-balanced throughout the domains.
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Ocean Prediction System Components |
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We are creating an ability to predict the “weather” of the ocean around the Hawaiian Islands. |
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Components of the SSI Hawaii Ocean Prediction System:
1. A Three-Dimensional Ocean Circulation Model: A Version of the Princeton Ocean Model
2. A Surface Ocean Wave Model: Delft’s Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN)
3. Sets of Initial Temperature and Salinity and Forcing Fields: Temperature-Salinity - from the US Navy’s Pacific NCOM Model Atmospheric and Wave Fields - from the National Weather Service (NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center) |