Marine Science Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022348
Abstract
The advancement of Coastal Ocean Forecasting Systems (COFS) requires the support of continuous scientific progress addressing: (a) the primary mechanisms driving coastal circulation; (b) methods to achieve fully integrated coastal systems (observations and models), that are dynamically embedded in larger scale systems; and (c) methods to adequately represent air-sea and biophysical interactions. Issues of downscaling, data assimilation, atmosphere-wave-ocean couplings and ecosystem dynamics in the coastal ocean are discussed. These science topics are fundamental for successful COFS, which are connected to evolving downstream applications, dictated by the socioeconomic needs of rapidly increasing coastal populations.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Operational Oceanography, v. 8, Suppl. 1, p. s147-s167
Scholar Commons Citation
Kourafalou, V. H.; De Mey, P.; Staneva, J.; Ayoub, N.; Barth, A.; and Weisberg, Robert H., "Coastal Ocean Forecasting: Science Foundation and User Benefits" (2015). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 408.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/408
Comments
Complete list of authors: Y. Chao, M. Cirano, J. Fiechter, M. Herzfeld, A. Kurapov, A.M. Moore, P. Oddo, J. Pullen, A. van der Westhuysen