OM13A:
Advances in Coastal Ocean Modeling, Prediction, and Ocean Observing System Evaluation I


Session ID#: 37767

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, along with quantitative evaluation of ocean observing systems, 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 ocean 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
Co-chairs:  Pierre J De Mey, CNRS, LEGOS, Toulouse, France, George R Halliwell Jr, NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Alexander L Kurapov, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Moderators:  Alexander L Kurapov, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  George R Halliwell Jr, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4219 Continental shelf and slope processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4262 Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • AI - Air-Sea Interactions
  • CD - Coastal Dynamics
  • PO - Physical Oceanography: Other
  • RS - Regional Studies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Interannual Variability in the Breakdown of Stratification on the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf (318944)
Jacob Samuel Tse Forsyth1, Magdalena Andres2, Glen Gawarkiewicz2 and Ke Chen3, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, East Falmouth, MA, United States, (2)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
A California Coastal Ocean Model and Data Assimilation System: Validation and the 2014-2016 Warming Event (315361)
John D Farrara1, Yi Chao2, Hongchun Zhang3, Kevin J Armenta4, Luca Raffaele Centurioni5, Francisco Chavez6, James B Girton7 and Daniel L Rudnick5, (1)Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Remote Sensing Solutions, Monrovia, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, la crescenta, CA, United States, (4)California Polytechnic State University, Physics Department, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (5)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (6)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (7)University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Why gliders appreciate good company: glider assimilation in a 4DVAR system with and without surface observations. (320698)
Ivo Pasmans1, Alexander L Kurapov2, John Alexander Barth3, Michael Kosro3 and Robert Kipp Shearman4, (1)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)COAS/Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Multi-resolution tiling and implicit 2-way nesting for multiscale ensemble ocean forecasting and applications (326435)
Patrick J Haley Jr and Pierre F J Lermusiaux, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Use of Variational Assimilation of Multi-platform Observations for an Optimal Description of the Vertical Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea (323500)
Anna Teruzzi, Laura Mariotti, Gianpiero Cossarini, Stefano Salon, Alessandro Crise and Cosimo Solidoro, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy
Observing system evaluation in the North Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Region: Nature Run application on hurricane interaction with the Amazon plume (308433)
Ioannis Androulidakis1, Vassiliki Kourafalou2, George R Halliwell Jr3, Matthieu Le Henaff4, HeeSook Kang5, Michael F Mehari6 and Robert M Atlas3, (1)RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (2)Univ of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (4)CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (5)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (6)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, NOAA/AOML/PhOD, Miami, FL, United States
Observing System Evaluation: OSSE assessment of Assimilating Rapid-Response Pre-Storm Airborne Ocean Profiler Survey for Improving Ocean Model Initialization in Coupled Hurricane Prediction System (321926)
George R Halliwell Jr1, Vassiliki Kourafalou2, Michael F Mehari3, Robert M Atlas4, HeeSook Kang5, Matthieu Le Henaff6,7, Ioannis Androulidakis5, Lynn K Shay8 and Jili Dong9, (1)NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (2)Univ of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, NOAA/AOML/PhOD, Miami, FL, United States, (4)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (5)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (6)CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (7)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, PhOD, Miami, FL, United States, (8)RSMAS/University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (9)National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States

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