In March 2010, AOOS hosted a Cook Inlet modeling workshop in Anchorage that brought together modelers from state and federal agencies, academic institutions, and private and non-profit organizations. The goal of the workshop was to (1) provide a forum for the modeling community to share information on existing circulation modeling efforts and forcing conditions, (2) identify gaps in models and data, and, (3) assess the needs for existing and future numerical forecast models and the observations to support them.
Cook Inlet Modeling Workshop materials:
- Agenda
- Participant List
- Workshop Report (summaries of presentations and discussions)
- Cook Inlet Data Needs (developed by the group)
Workshop Presentations
Cook Inlet Background
- Background and General Physical Oceanography – Steve Okkonen, UAA (1.1 MB)
- An Overview of the Current Observing System – Carl Schoch, AOOS consultant (1.6 MB)
Wind Model Presentations
- Cook Inlet Marine Weather Forecasts – Eddie Zingone, National Weather Service (2 MB)
- Atmospheric Modeling over Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound – Peter Olsson, UAA (800 KB)
Wave Model Presentations
- U.S. Army Corps Wave Hindcast – Ray Chapman (for Bob Jensen), US Army Corps (700 KB)
- Cook Inlet Wave-Current Forecasting System – Vijay Panchang and Guarav Singhal, Texas A&M University (300 KB)
Circulation Model Presentations
- Tidal, Wind, and Buoyancy-Driven Currents in Cook Inlet: An Application of FCOM –Chen Changsheng, U Mass (2.3 MB)
- Strategy to Develop a 3D Ocean Circulation Forecasting System for Cook Inlet – Yi Chao, NASA Jet Propulsion lab (1.8 MB)
- The Implementation of a NOAA/NOS Cook Inlet and Shelikof Straits Operational Forecast System – Rich Patchen, NOAA (1.8 MB)
- Inundation Modeling and Remote Sensing in Cook Inlet with Applications for Morphology Changes and Beluga Whale Movement– Tal Ezer, Old Dominion University ( 1.9 MB)
Presentations of Other Model Applications
- Oil Spill Response – John Whitney, NOAA Hazmat (2.4 MB)
- Port of Anchorage – Bob Jensen, presented by Ray Chapman, US Army Corps (1 MB)
- Modeling Transport of Wastewater Discharge Constituents in Upper Cook Inlet – Doug Jones, Coastline Engineering (2 MB)
- Effluent Fate & Transport – Carter Ohlmann, UC Santa Barbara (800 KB)
- Effluent Fate & Transport in Cook Inlet – Sue Saupe, CIRCAC
Stakeholder Presentations (this is a subset of the input; others spoke without PowerPoints)
- Oil Spill Monitoring and Response – Sue Saupe, CIRCAC (700 KB)
- Agency Management/Belugas – Barbara Mahoney, NOAA (323 KB)
- Tidal Energy – Monty Worthington, Ocean Renewable Power Company (11 MB)