TOPS 3.0: An Upgrade to Ocean Thermal Analysis and Prediction at FNOC

• Main Authors: Harding, John H., May, Paul W.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEANS; STEREOMAPPING; PREDICTIONS; DYNAMICS; LAYERS; THERMODYNAMICS; PROCESSING; GRIDS; WIND; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; DRIFT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ADVECTION; EAST(DIRECTION); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLAR REGIONS; *OCEAN MODELS; *MIXED LAYER(MARINE); TOPS(THERMODYNAMIC OCEAN PREDICTION SYSTEM); FORECASTING; AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; REPRINTS; WUDN259002; PE63207N; Mellor; Norwegian Sea; Pacific
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA230962; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA230962

The Thermodynamic Ocean Prediction System (TOPS) uses Mellor-Yamada Level II mixing and Ekman dynamics to forecast upper-ocean mixing and wind-drift advection. The U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) cycles TOPS with its operational, upper-ocean =, thermal analyses for severa...