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AN: OS51A-03    [Abstracts]
TI: A Numerical Simulation of the East Asian Seas in March 2002: Effect of Vertical Grid Choice
AU: * Mask, A C
EM: maska@navo.navy.mil
AF: Naval Oceanographic Office, Ocean Modeling Division Code N33 1002 Balch Blvd., Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 United States
AU: Preller, R H
EM: preller@nrlssc.navy.mil
AF: Naval Researcy Laboratory, Code 7320, Bldg. 1009, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 United States
AB: The effect of vertical grid choice in the hybrid Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) is discussed for the Yellow Sea, East Asian Sea, and Japan/East Sea domain. In particular, the logarithmically stretched hybrid vertical profile used operationally at the Naval Research Laboratory is compared to six variations. The variations include a full z-level run, a full sigma-coordinate run, and other hybrid constructs that modify the hybrid's transitions depth or the structure of the operational grid. The results are compared to each other and some limited observations. The comparisons show that the operational vertical grid structure is a good first guess.
DE: 4243 Marginal and semienclosed seas
DE: 4255 Numerical modeling
DE: 9320 Asia
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly