Ocean-wave coupled modeling in COAMPS-TC: A study of Hurricane Ivan (2004)

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-194

  Smith, Travis A ^a   Chen, Sue ^a   Campbell, Timothy ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Rogers, W Erick ^a   Gaberšek, Saša ^a   Wang, David ^a   Carroll, Suzanne ^b   Allard, Richard ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

COAMPS TC; Hurricane Ivan; Ocean wave coupling; Stokes' drift current; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COAMPS-TC; COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM; DRIFT CURRENTS; EARTH SYSTEM MODELING FRAMEWORK; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NAVY COASTAL OCEAN MODELS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COUPLING; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; STOKES FORMULA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84881308132     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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