92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 7A IOOS/SURA Super-Regional Coastal Modeling Testbed

Tuesday, 24 January 2012: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 337 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:  Frank Aikman, NOAA; Christopher N. K. Mooers, Portland State University and Douglas R. Levin, Washington College
Papers:
  3:30 PM
  3:45 PM
On the Use of Wave Parameterizations and a Storm Impact Scaling Model in National Weather Service Coastal Flood and Decision Support Operations
Anthony Mignone, NOAA/NWS, Caribou, ME; and H. Stockdon, M. Willis, J. W. Cannon, and R. Thompson
Manuscript (744.1 kB)

  4:00 PM
The Predictability of near-Coastal Currents Using a Coastal Forecast System Based on Unstructured Grids
Cheryl Ann Blain, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. K. Cambazoglu, R. S. Linzell, K. M. Dresback, and R. L. Kolar

  4:15 PM
Cyberinfrastructure to Support a Modeling Testbed
Eoin Howlett, Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingstown, RI; and R. Signell, K. Wilcox, E. Welles, C. Galvarino, A. Crosby, J. Davis, H. Lander, and A. Bird

  4:45 PM
Sneaker Waves: The State of Understanding and Art of Forecasting
Brian Garcia, NOAA/NWS, Eureka, CA; and T. Nicolini