On verifying currents, eddies, and other features in the Hawaiian Islands region using fully Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System COAMPS-OS compared to the global ocean model, stand-alone models, and ocean observations.
Phaedra Green Jessen, Fleet Numerical Meteorological Oceanographic Command, Models, Monterey, CA and Andrea C Mask, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Abstract:
We introduce and evaluate features concerning the Hawaii, USA region using the U.S. Navy's fully Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS-OS) running with Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) It also outlines some challenges in verifying ocean current in the open ocean. The system is evaluated using insitu ocean data and initial forcing fields from the operational global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean model (HYCOM), FNMOC’s stand alone COAMPS HAWAII, and NAVO’s ocean only NCOM HAWAII.Issues with early implementation led to further updates and results of these new settings will be shown.
