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Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) Wave Model The Delft University of Technology developed SWAN, and this web site gives a host of information about the model physics, formulations, and applications. (Download is available.) |
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Directory of Related Links |
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The following are Hyperlinks to various sites related to the components of the technology used by the SSI Hawaii Ocean Prediction System. |
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Navy’s Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System MODAS is a modular toolkit that uses satellite data and climatological T-S fields to produce a "best guess" of the present temperature-salinity structure in the ocean. |
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NOAA/NWS Environmental Modeling Center The Environmental Modeling Center uses highly sophisticated atmospheric analysis and prediction models to forecast surface atmospheric fields at a 10 km resolution around Hawaii. |
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Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) PMRF is a 3000 km2 military range of the west end of Kauai. PMRF is used for a variety of Naval training exercises as well as test and evaluation work. |
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Coastal Ocean Dynamics Radar (CODAR) CODAR is a high-frequency radar system for ocean current and wave monitoring. The gridded fields of current vectors and wave parameters can be assimilated by the ocean prediction system. |
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Princeton Ocean Model Web Site This site provides many details of the Princeton Ocean Model, its applications, users, and formulations. Versions of POM can be downloaded from this site. |
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Naval Pacific Meteorology & Oceanography Center NPMOC (Pearl Harbor, HI) is the U.S. Navy’s forecasting center for Hawaii. NPMOC runs models for surface waves and the atmosphere and produces mesoscale circulation products. |
