Coastal Process Modeling US Army Corps of Engineers

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Coastal Process ModelingUS Army Corps of
Engineers
Jeff Hanson Research Oceanographer MORPHOS
Program Manager US Army Engineer Research and
Development Center (ERDC) Field Research Facility
(FRF) - Duck, NC
NOAA NWS Ocean Modeling Workshop, NCEP, 14-15
January 2008
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Field Research Facility
Established in 1977 to Advance Coastal Knowledge
Through Research and Discovery
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MORPHOS Program
Advancing Coastal Process Research, Modeling and
Risk Assessment
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2005
MISSION Develop, verify and apply a physics
based coastal and estuarine simulation and
prediction capability with emphasis on
storm-driven events
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MORPHOS Program Elements
Research and Development
Coastal Modeling System
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Morphos Program Team
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Coastal Response Modeling
Need Dynamic, 2-Way Model Coupling
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North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program
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Model Validation Test BedIOOS Partnership
Concept Diagram
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Model Validation Test BedIOOS Partnership
Concept Diagram
Observation IOOS Linkage
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Model Validation Test BedIOOS Partnership
Concept Diagram
Modeling IOOS Linkage
Observation IOOS Linkage
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FRF Modeling SWAN Nearshore Waves
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FRF Model Validation Page Integration of
Coastal Observations
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Tropical Storm Noel SWAN Model Validation
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Wave Model Evaluation and Diagnostics System
(WaveMEDS)
WaveMEDS

• Statistics are performed on any measured
  attribute
• Error Metrics include - RMS Error - Bias
• Scatter Index
• Circular Correlation and Bias (directions)

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Coastal ModelingCollaboration Opportunities
USACE Mission Critical Needs

• Historical Storm Archive- track parameters
• Risk assessment technology
• Computational grid development high res
  topo/bathy
• High-fidelity model technology advances
• Dynamic model coupling capture the physics
• Collection of critical data sets
• Quantitative model test and evaluation -Test Bed

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Thank you