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in which information (grids, etc.) about each model is stored. The ROAMER system provides the user access to NAVOCEANO's DBDBV bathymetry (global 5 minute resolution) and a host of Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center METOC products. ROAMER is used to pull in the required input data and boundary conditions and build a script to launch the appropriate model run. The NAVOCEANO WSC utilizes the NAVOCEANO Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC), a network of computers that can support parallel codes and multi-processors.The IOPS model suite is depicted in Figure 2. The NSSM requires four inputs: 1) shallow-water wave spectra, 2) water elevation from a tidal model, 3) beach profile(s) and 4) 10-m surface wind. The regional WAM provides directional wave spectra that are used as an offshore boundary condition for a shallow-water waveThis article has been published in Oceanography, Volume 15, Number 1, a quarterly journal of The Oceanography Society.

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