Naslov
Real-time coastal monitoring and predistion for operations and research

Autori
Book, J.W. ; Martin, P. ; Rixen, M. ; Dykes, J. ; Wang, S. ; Ladner, S. ; Tudor, M. ; Chiggiato J.

Izvornik
NRL Review (1062-130X) 07 (2007); 185-187

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
DART; coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave models

Sažetak
The coastal ocean is often characterized by vigorous, swiftly evolving fronts and eddies. These features bound waters of different characteristics and can have a high impact on operations and sensor performance. However, their complex dynamics make monitoring and prediction challenging. These features and other environmental conditions must be identified or forecast in near real time so that sampling can be designed to study them and operations can be modified to optimize performance based on their impact. This topic was one of the main research thrusts of a recent Joint Research Project (JRP) between the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC). In the framework of this JRP, an international, collaborative research effort was developed involving more than 20 different research groups from seven countries. The research focused on winter and summer experiments in the central Adriatic Sea, an archetypal coastal area for fronts and eddies. NRL, in collaboration with the other institutions, implemented and tested a complete, real-time, coastal monitoring and prediction system during three “Dynamics of the Adriatic in Real-Time” (DART) cruises. Here we describe some tangible results and implications of the real-time monitoring and prediction thrust of this work.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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