11.3 A Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Model with WRF-ARW

Chen, Shuyi S.,  Milan Curcic, Mark Donelan, Chiaying Lee, Brandon Kerns, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)/University of Miami, Tim Campbell, NRL-SSC, and John Michalakes, NREL

A fully coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling system has been developed at the University of Miami. It consists of the WRF-ARW atmosphere model, the University of Miami Wave Model (UMWM), and the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). The coupled modeling system has been tested and evaluated using the coupled air-sea observations collected in recent field campaigns in the Northern Seas and tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific. Detailed results will be presented at the Users Workshop.