[A project supported by MMS to test WAD and new surface wave energy mixing schemes in idealized and realistic (e.g., Cook Inlet, AK) cases.
PIs: L.-Y. Oey, G. L. Mellor & T. Ezer, AOS Program, Princeton University]

Simulated Bore Propagation in Turnagain Arm (CI, AK)

Idealized Test Cases

 Cook Inlet Test Case    

Links:

• NOAA's Anchorage PORTS
  
• NOS/NOAA's Water Levels
• USGS Streamflow WaterWatch
  
• Alaska CoastWatch
• National Data Buoy Center- Alaska
  
• Water & Ice Dynamics in Cook Inlet (MMS project at Univ. of Alaska)
  
• Princeton Ocean Model (POM)
• Princeton Regional Ocean Forecast System (PROFS)
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References:

Oey, L.-Y., A Wetting and drying scheme for POM, Ocean Modelling, 9, 133-150, 2005.

Mellor, G. L. and A. F. Blumberg, Wave breaking and ocean surface layer thermal response, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 693-698, 2003.

Mellor, G. L., The three-dimensional, current and surface wave equatios, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(9), 1978-1989, 2003.

Mellor, G. L., Oscillatory Bottom Boundary Layers, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3075-3088, 2002.

Wang, D.-P., L.-Y. Oey, T. Ezer and P. Hamilton, Nearsurface Currents in DeSoto Canyon (1997-1999): Comparison of Current Meters, Satellite Observation, and Model Simulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(1), 313-326, 2003

Cummins, P. F. and L-Y. Oey, Simulation of barotropic and baroclinic tides off northern British Columbia. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 762-781, 1997.

Blumberg, A. F. and G. L. Mellor, A description of a three-dimensional coastal ocean circulation model. Three-Dimensional Coastal ocean Models, edited by N. Heaps, 208 pp., American Geophysical Union., 1987.