Accession Number:

AD0745759

Title:

A Description of the Environmental Prediction Research Facility Hydrodynamical-Numerical Model,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION RESEARCH FACILITY (NAVY) MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Laevastu,T.
• Rabe,K.

Report Date:

1972-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

51.0

Abstract:

The primary purpose of the report is to provide an operational description of the single-layer Hydrodynamical-Numerical H-N model and its use for a variety of local oceanographic analyses and predictions. The report also documents the latest additions to the model such as diffusion and transport computations, and the treatment of open boundaries. Author

Descriptors:

• (*OCEAN CURRENTS
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION)
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• WIND
• STRESSES
• TIDES
• WATER POLLUTION
• OILS
• DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• SEA RESCUES

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Escape, Rescue and Survival

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE