PO12A:
Advances in Coastal Ocean Modeling, Observations, and Prediction I


Session ID#: 8006

Session Description:
Downscaling and extending predictability in coastal and shelf seas are two of the objectives of the GODAE OceanView (GOV) initiative through its Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT).  Broad participation and international coordination of interdisciplinary coastal and shelf models nested in data assimilative large scale models are COSS-TT priorities. This session will provide a forum for multi-scale hydrodynamic modeling and integrated observational studies that aim toward scientific validation, prediction and operational applications of numerical models in coastal and shelf seas, leading to new understanding of multiscale nonlinear ocean processes. Applications of nested models, such as the influence of physical processes on ecosystem dynamics and interdisciplinary coastal simulations and predictions are also welcome. The session will promote the discussion of methodologies that lead to reliable coastal forecasts and applications (such as data assimilation, probabilistic approaches, influence of nesting, currents-waves and atmosphere-ocean interactions), Observing System Simulation Experiments and the impact of sustainable, integrated modeling and observational networks that connect local, regional and global scales.
Primary Chair:  Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Chairs:  Pierre J De Mey, CNRS, LEGOS, Toulouse, France and Joanna Staneva, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany
Moderators:  Joanna Staneva, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany, Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Pierre J De Mey, CNRS, LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Pierre J De Mey, CNRS, LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4219 Continental shelf and slope processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4263 Ocean predictability and prediction [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Air-sea Interactions and Upper Ocean Processes
  • EC - Estuarine and Coastal
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • OD - Ocean Observing and Data Management

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

First Step Towards a Coastal Modelling System for South Africa: a St. Helena Bay Case Study (91050)
Charine Collins1, Tarron Lamont2, Ben R Loveday3, Juliet Clair Hermes4, Jennifer Anne Veitch4 and Bjorn Backeberg5, (1)South African Environmental Observation Network, South Africa, (2)Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans & Coasts Research Branch, Cape Town 8012, South Africa, (3)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Remote Sensing Group, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (4)South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Cape Town, South Africa, (5)Nansen Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research, Cape Town, South Africa
Response of the Southern Benguela Upwelling System to Fine-scale Modifications of the Coastal Wind (93903)
Fabien Desbiolles1,2, Bruno Blanke3, Abderruhim Bentamy2 and Claude Roy1, (1)Laboratoire de Physique des Océans, Brest, France, (2)IFREMER, Plouzané, France, (3)Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Brest, France
Modeling the propagation, transformation and the impact of tsunami on urban areas using the coupling STOC-ML/IC/CADMAS in nested grids - Application to specific sites of Chile to improve the tsunami induced loads prediction. (89128)
Cyril Mokrani1,2, Patricio Andres Catalan1,2, Rodrigo Cienfuegos1,3 and Taro Arikawa4, (1)National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management., Santiago, Chile, (2)Federico Santa María Technical University, Civil Engineering Department, Valparaíso, Chile, (3)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Santiago, Chile, (4)Chuo University, Civil Engineering Department, Tokyo, Japan
Downscaling, 2-way Nesting, and Data Assimilative Modeling in Coastal and Shelf Waters of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine (88895)
John Wilkin, Julia Levin, Alexander Gordon Lopez and Hernan Arango, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Mississippi Waters Reaching South Florida Reefs Under No Flood Conditions: Synthesis of Observing and Modeling System Findings (89053)
Matthieu Le Henaff, CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
High Resolution Forecasts in the Florida Straits: Predicting the Modulations of the Florida Current and Connectivity Around South Florida and Cuba (90096)
HeeSook Kang1, Vassiliki Kourafalou1, Natalie Perlin1,2, Matthieu Le Henaff3 and John T Lamkin4, (1)University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Miami/Center for Computational Science, Miami, FL, United States, (3)CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (4)NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States
Energy Optimal Path Planning: Integrating Coastal Ocean Modelling with Optimal Control (92808)
Deepak Narayanan Subramani, Patrick J Haley Jr and Pierre F J Lermusiaux, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Nested Coupled Air/sea Modeling for Multi-scale Processes in the Maritime Continent (91254)
Julie Davis Pullen1, Arnold L Gordon2, Maria K. Flatau3, James D Doyle4, Cesar Villanoy5 and Olivia Cabrera5, (1)Jupiter, New York, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines