This work is a contribution to the Dynamics of Low-Latitude Western Boundary
Currents project under program element 61153N sponsored by the Office of
Naval Research. The ocean model was run on the Cray T3E at the Naval
Oceanographic Office using computer time granted by the DoD High Performance
Computing Modernization Office.
Many thanks are extended to all those involved in the
development and transition of the 1/16° NLOM-based global ocean nowcast/forecast
system that has been running operationally at the Naval Oceanographic Office since
October 2000. Dr. Gregg Jacobs (NRL) kindly provided the TOPEX/POSEIDON RMS sea surface
height data. Special thanks to Dr. Ole Martin Smedstad (Planning Systems,
Inc.) for assistance in running the reanalysis used in this study and to
Ms. Jan Dastugue (NRL) for her gracious assistance in compiling this
web poster.