13th International workshop on Multiscale  
  (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics  
  Lisbon, Portugal, 25-27 August 2014  
     
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

Program

             
August 25, 2014 August 26, 2014 August 27, 2014
(10:00-10:30)
Registration of the participants, poster setup and welcome coffee and pastries
(09:00-9:40)
Keynote Speaker –
Prof. António Melo Baptista

(09:40-10:20)
Session 5 – Model Comparisons 2 Talks

(10:20-10:40)
Discussion
(09:00-10:20)
Session 7 – Estuaries 4 talks
(10:30-10:40)
Opening and Welcome Message

(10:40-11:20)
Session 1 – Waves  2 Talks
(11:20-11:40)
Discussion – Wave modeling
 
(11:40h-13:00h)
Session 2 – Storm Surges and Tsunamis  4 talks
(10:40-11:10) Coffee break (10:20-10:50) Coffee break
(11:10h-12:10h)
Session 6 – Estuaries 3 talks

(12:10h-12:30h)
Field trip teaser: the Tagus estuary
(10:50-12:30)
Session 8 – Ocean  5 talks  
(13:00-14:20) Lunch (12:30-14:00) Lunch (12:30-14:00) Lunch
(14:20h-15h40)
Session 3 – Numerical Developments and Grid Generation 4 talks
(14:00-19:00)
Field Trip
 
(15:40-16:20) Coffee break
(16:20-17:40)
Session 4 – Numerical Developments and Grid Generation 4 talks
  (20:00) Conference Dinner  

Detailed program

  Authors Title
25 August 2014
Session 1 - Waves (chairman: Xavier Bertin)
10:40-11:00 Rachel Sebian, Ethan Kubatko, Angela Nappi and Casey Dietrich Applications of a discontinuous Galerkin-based spectral wave model
11:00-11:20 Aron Roland Spectral Wave Modelling on unstructured Meshes
 
11:20-11:40 Discussion – Wave modeling (lead: Aron Roland)
 
Session 2 – Storm Surges and Tsunamis (chairman: José Antunes do Carmo)
11:40-12:00 Xavier Bertin, Kai Li, Aron Roland and Yinglong Zhang Simulating storm surges and coastal flooding on unstructured grids using a fully-coupled modelling system
12:00-12:20 André B. Fortunato, Kai Li, Xavier Bertin, Marta Rodrigues, Belén Martín Miguez Determination of extreme sea levels along the Iberian Atlantic coast
12:20-12:40 SeungWon Suh, HwaYoung Lee and HyeonJeong Kim Forerunner simulation and sensitivity tests for typhoons using ADCIRC
12:40-13:00 Jon Hill, Matthew D. Piggott, Adam S. Candy, Alexandros Avids and Gareth S. Collins The impact of the Storegga tsunami on Doggerland: was the flooding catastrophic?
 
13:00-14:20 Lunch
 
Session 3 – Numerical Developments and Grid Generation (chairman: André Fortunato)
14:20-14:40 Y. Joseph Zhang, Eli Ateljevich, Hao-Cheng Yu, Chin H. Wu and Jason C.S. Yu A new vertical coordinate system for a 3D unstructured-grid model
14:40-15:00 S. Danilov and A. Androsov Cell-vertex discretization on mixed meshes
15:00-15:20 Dustin W. West, Colton J. Conroy and Ethan J. Kubatko  Mesh Generation Techniques for a Multidimensional, Multi-Physics Modeling Framework for Coupled Shallow Water/Overland Flow
15:20-15:40 Alexandros Avdis, Jon Hill, Stephan C. Kramer, Adam S. Candy, Gerard J. Gorman, Peter A. Allison, Matthew D. Piggott ISMesh: A Mesh generation package for realistic geophysical simulations
15:40-16:00 O. Kleptsova and J.D. Pietrzak Unstructured Orthogonal Meshes for Modeling Coastal and Ocean Flows
 
15:40-16:20 Coffee break
 
Session 4 – Numerical Developments and Grid Generation (chairman: Anabela Oliveira)
16:20-16:40 Tuomas Kärnä and António Baptista Wanted: Modern unstructured-grid regional circulation model
16:40-17:00 Colton J. Conroy, Ethan J. Kubatko A three-dimensional shallow water equation model using high-order discontinuous galerkin (DG) methods
17:00-17:20 Florent Lyard, Yves Soufflet and CyrilNguyen Damien Allain 2D/3D tidal modelling: T-UGOm spectral solver
17:20-17:40 Thomas Guerin, Xavier Bertin, Eric Chaumillon and Guillaume Dodet Morphodynamic modeling on unstructured grid: integrating grain-size variability and Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory scheme
     
26 August 2014    
9:00-9:40 Keynote Speaker – António Melo Baptista
(Tuomas Karna, Jesse Lopez)
Lessons learned from pushing a circulation model to the brink
     
Session 5 – Model Comparisons (chairman: Joseph Zhang)
9:40-10:00 Yves Soufflet, Florent Lyard and Laurent Debreu COMODO, Evaluation of numerical methods for Ocean Modeling
10:00-10:20 Stephan C. Kramer, Matthew D. Piggott, Jon Hill, Louise Kregting, Daniel Pritchard and Bjoern Elsaesser The modelling of tidal turbine farms using multi-scale, unstructured mesh models
10:20-10:40 Discussion - hydrodynamic modeling (lead:Joseph Zhang)
 
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
 
Session 6 – Estuaries (chairman: António Batista)
11:10-11:30 Kevin Geoghegan, Kendra M. Dresback, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Randall L. Kolar,
and Jason G. Fleming
Coupling a Parametric Rainfall Model, RCLIPER, to the ASGS-STORM Modeling System: Model Development and Application
11:30-11:50 Marta Rodrigues, Anabela Oliveira, André B. Fortunato, Joana Costa, João Rogeiro, Ricardo Costa, Luís M. David, João L. Gomes and Gonçalo Jesus A real-time water quality model of the Tagus estuary
11:50-12:10 André B. Fortunato, P.Freire Field trip teaser: the Tagus estuary
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch
 
14:00-19:00 Field Trip
     
20:00 Conference Dinner  
     
     
27 August 2014    
Session 7 - Estuaries (chairman: Marta Rodrigues)
9:00-9:20 Philippe Delandmeter, Eric Wolanski, Jonathan Lambrechts, Vincent Legat, Stephen Lewis and Eric Deleersnijder A 3D baroclinic model of the Burdekin River Plume
9:20-9:40 Alberto Azevedo, Anabela Oliveira, André B. Fortunato, Marta Rodrigues, Sérgio den Boer, Gonçalo Jesus, João Gomes and João Rogeiro

WIFF an oil spill forecast system for high-resolution domains: Application to the Aveiro lagoon

9:40-10:00 Jennifer A. Shore Modelling the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario using FVCOM
10:00-10:20 Yoann Le Bars, Valentin Vallaeys, Éric Deleersnidjer, and Emmanuel Hanert 2D and 3D modelling of the Congo River and Region Of Freshwater Influence (ROFI)
 
10:20-10:50 Coffee break
 
Session 8 – Ocean (chairman: Alberto Azevedo)
10:50-11:10 Doug Jacobsen, Mark Petersen, Todd Ringler, Matthew Hoffman, Adrian Turner, Mathew Maltrud, Phil Jones Model for Prediction Across Scales: An Unstructured Climate Modeling Framework
11:10-11:30 Phillip Wolfram, Todd Ringler, Mat Maltrud, Doug Jacobsen, and Mark Petersen Studying Tracer Diffusivity using Lagrangian Particles
11:30-11:50 Vera Fofonova, Sergey Danilov, Alexey Androsov, Paul Overduin and Karen Helen Wiltshire Simulation of the Laptev Sea shelf dynamics with focus on the Lena Delta region
11:50-12:10 Dumon Antoine and Bertin Xavier Three-dimensional modeling of wave-current interaction in an unstructured grid-modeling system
12:10-12:30 Christine M. Szpilka, Kendra M. Dresback, Randall L. Kolar, Jesse Feyen , Edward Myers and Jindong Wang Updates to the ADCIRC Tidal Databases: Western North Atlantic
 
12:30-14:00 Lunch

Posters

Authors Title
Carina L. Lopes, Cátia F. Cardoso Cristina Bernardes and João M. Dias The influence of grid resolution on predicting the flooded extent in a tidally dominated channel
Diogo Mendes, André B. Fortunato, António A. Pires-Silva, Kai Li Assessment of an engineering solution for the stability of the Óbidos Lagoon Inlet
João Rogeiro, João L. Gomes, Gonçalo Jesus, Anabela Oliveira, Marta Rodrigues, Alberto Azevedo and André B. Fortunato WIFF: Water Information Forecast Framework
Qiang Wang, Sergey Danilov, Thomas Jung Basal melting under an ice shelf: a sensitivity study
Ricardo Tavares da Costa and Alessandro Annunziato Modelling Tsunamis in the North East Atlantic using Unstructured Meshes
Valentin Vallaeys, Yoann Le Bars, Éric Deleersnijder and Emmanuel Hanert Setting up and validating a 2D model of the Congo River estuary and the adjacent coastal zone
Vânia Lima, Maria Ana Baptista and Jorge Miguel Miranda Tsunami impact study using the Cornell Multi-grid Coupled Tsunami Model (COMCOT)