NRL Modeling of Ocean Surface Waves
NRL's wave research models wind-driven ocean surface waves globally, regionally, and locally, focusing on wave tech, Arctic attenuation, and model coupling.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: $86,962 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical postdoctoral fellowship duration 2-3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship at Naval Research Laboratory focused on modeling wind-generated ocean surface waves, including Arctic wave attenuation, wave-ocean coupling, and air-sea interaction processes.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents; relocation and health insurance benefits included; requires contacting research advisers prior to application.
Description
This postdoctoral research opportunity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) focuses on the generation, propagation, transformation, and decay of wind-generated surface gravity waves. The research employs phase-averaged spectral wave models at multiple scales: global (0.25° to 1.0° resolution), regional (0.05° to 0.2° resolution), and sub-regional (50 m to 5 km resolution). Projects often address processes in continental shelf and nearshore regions.
Research goals include:
- Improving wave modeling technology and forecast accuracy for operational Navy use.
- Using wave models to study physical phenomena such as wave energy attenuation in the Arctic.
- Investigating wave effects on ice and circulation through two-way coupling.
- Developing new methods to predict wave dissipation by breaking related to wave steepness.
- Creating technology for routine coupling between wave and ocean models, exchanging variables like water level, currents, Stokes drift, and momentum fluxes.
- Implementing consistent momentum exchange frameworks between atmospheric, ocean, and wave models.
- Studying air-sea interaction processes using combined wave modeling and passive microwave radiometry.
- Developing rogue wave probability outputs from phase-resolving models.
- Building forecast systems for the bottom boundary layer with attention to sand ripples.
Collaborations with experts at NRL and other institutions support these efforts.
