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Welcome!
The Oceanographic Modeling and Analysis Laboratory at SMAST is a leading developer
of feature-oriented modeling technology. Numerical ocean models depend
on the coverage of the ocean basin of interest by actual physical measurements.
The FORMS (feature-oriented regional modeling system) technology modulates
this expensive requirement by incorporating persistent features (currents,
eddies, jets, etc.) of the basin circulation into the model. The result
is a very efficient means of simulating the circulation of an ocean basin
with a paucity of available observations.
Current research programs include:
- Feature-oriented initialization and assimilation for the Gulf of
Maine/Georges Bank, Monterey Bay, Strait of Sicily, Arabian Sea
- Synthesis of satellite and in situ data sets for the western North
Atlantic and the southern California Current system
- North Atlantic Oscillation and the Gulf Stream
- Basin-scale modeling of the North Atlantic on a multiprocessor workstation
- Applications of FORMS modeling to Brazil Current
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