Goals

This is the page for the OSSE numerical modeling working group.Its main task is the definition of operational numerical models that can serve as input and target for the OSSE deployments.

Meetings

The group met for the OSSE and Modelers Meeting at Rutgers University, April 28-29. Please follow the link for the meeting agenda, meeting results and action items.

The group will hold recurring phone conferences to discuss the progress of the identified work items.

Approach

Models need to fulfill the following characteristics (to be reviewed):

• Cover the region of the Mid Atlantic (MaRCOOS region)
• Operationally available
• Historic data available

CI-OSSE Modeling Meeting Note: This spreadsheet captures many of the topics discussed at the Rutgers/MARCOOS modeling meeting.

Models

For each modeling groups involved, we list here the project web site, OpenDAP/THREDDS server, and descriptions of existing modeling efforts (e.g., papers, reports, documents).

Initial effort will focus on sharing multi-model reanalysis fields during Sep-Oct-Nov 2008 (with CF-compliant format on the native grid).

The final goal is to transition some, if not all, of these models for real-time operations by the fall of 2009 with a goal to produce a multi-model ensembles to support glider and AUV deployments.

(1) MARCOOS/HOPS:

PI: Avijit Gangopadhyay, U. Mass-Dartmouth, agangopadhya@umassd.edu

Project web site: http://www.smast.umassd.edu/modeling/RTF/

OPeNDAP/THREDDS Server: http://aqua.smast.umassd.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html

References: http://www.smast.umassd.edu/modeling/RTF/ref.php

(2) MABGOM: 

PI: Ruoying He, NCSU, rhe@ncsu.edu

Project web site: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rhe/project_files/muri.htm

MABGOM OpenDAP Server: http://omglnx1.meas.ncsu.edu:8080/thredds/mabgom_catalog.html

Publications:[]

http://omgrhe.meas.ncsu.edu/RHE/MABGOM_2009.pdf
http://omgrhe.meas.ncsu.edu/RHE/MAB_shelfbreak_2009.pdf

(3) NYHOPS:

PI: Alan Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology, alan.blumberg@stevens.edu

Point of Contact: Nickitas Georgas, Nickitas.Georgas@stevens.edu

Project web site: http://www.stevens.edu/maritimeforecast

NYHOPS version III data are served by Opendap/Thredds (thanks to Rich Signell's help on-site): http://colossus.dl.stevens-tech.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html

A description of NYHOPS can be found at:http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/maritimeforecast/info/

Related publications:

Bruno, M., A. Blumberg, and T. Herrington, 2006. "The Urban Ocean Observatory - Coastal Ocean Observations and Forecasting in the New York
Bight", Journal of Marine Science and Environment, No. C4 2006, 31-39.

Herrington, T.O., M.S. Bruno and K.L. Rankin, 2000. The New Jersey Coastal Monitoring Network: A Real-Time Coastal Observation System, J. Marine Env. Engg. Vol. 6, pp. 69-82.

(4) MSEAS:

PI: Pierre F.J. Lermusiaux, MIT, pierrel@mit.edu

Group web site: http://mseas.mit.edu

Recent publications: http://mseas.mit.edu/publications/index_pubs_2008-2009.html

Project web site: http://mseas.mit.edu/Research/AWACS/Model_Output

OSSE09 sea exercise site: http://mseas.mit.edu/Sea_exercises/OOI-OSSE09

The MIT Multidisciplinary Simulation, Estimation, and Assimilation Systems (MSEAS) group is providing the Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS) group (Dr. Henrik Schmidt and Dr. Arjuna Balasuriya) with dynamical model estimates and adaptive sampling schemes with which the LAMSS group is testing Mission Oriented Operating Suite (MOOS) linkages, interfaces and vehicle behaviors.  The LAMSS groups uses the information provided for vehicle (AUV, glider) simulations.

The file being used to read the MIT SW06 model fields is readhopspe.m, and is linked near the bottom of the project web site. Instructions are included for proper reading of the MSEAS estimates.  Please contact Stephanie Petillo (spetillo@mit.edu) if you have questions regarding interfacing MOOS and the MIT SW06 models fields.  Please contact Wayne Leslie (wgleslie@mit.edu) regarding questions about MSEAS.

(5) Rutgers ROMS with 4DVAR

PI: John Wilkin, Rutgers University, wilkin@marine.rutgers.edu

Project web site: http://www.myroms.org/applications/espresso

Project OpenDAP server: http://tashtego.marine.rutgers.edu:8080/thredds/roms/espresso/catalog.html

Publications: http://www.myroms.org/index.php?page=papers

(6) JPL/UCLA ROMS with 3DVAR

PI: Yi Chao, JPL and UCLA, Yi.Chao@jpl.nasa.gov

Related Publications:

Li, Z., Y. Chao, J.C. McWilliams, and K. Ide: A Three-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation Scheme for the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25, 2074-2090, 2009. 

Li, Z., Y. Chao, J. C. McWilliams, and K. Ide: A three-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme for the Regional Ocean Modeling System: Implementation and basic experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C05002, doi:10.1029/2006JC004042, 2008. 

Forcing 

Atmosphere: NAM 12-km (3-day forecast), NARR 32-km (reanalysis, 1-week delay), GFS (0.5 deg, 7-day forecast), COARE 3.0 with 10-m wind, bulk formulat heat flux, (Ruoying will send John's JPO paper); 4-km COAMPS (no DA) Julie Pullen, Nickitas contact and provides more info, maybe other WRF models available at higher resolution; 

Fresh-water, 72 USGS gauges, AHPS forecast, new QA/QC product for hindcast, corrections, intercomparisons for the different estimates, adding as salt flux or mass

Lateral Boundary Conditions

Circulation, Rutgers OpenDAP provides large-scale models over the MARCOOS domain: HYCOM, NCOM, Mercator, Ruoying's correction, validation for 2006/2007 by Javier;

Tides, ADCIRC, OSU (not as good)

Oceanographic Observations

Satellite SST, 

http://marine.rutgers.edu/marcoos/data.htm

http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/SST

Satellite SSH

HF radar, National Archive: images:http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/mapping/maps/   Data:ftp://ftp.mpl.ucsd.edu/pub/motero/data/CORDC/outgoing/HFRNet/USEGC/ OI interpolated data available from MARCOOS, Eric Terill (SIO), Josh responsible for the east coast CODAR Server

Argo floats profiles,

Moorings

Gliders,

AUVs,

Ship CTDs