Coupled physical and biogeochemical data-driven simulations of Massachusetts Bay in late summer: Real-time and postcruise data assimilation

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2003, Pages 171-212

  Beşiktepe, Şukru T ^a   Lermusiaux, Pierre F J ^b   Robinson, Allan R ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem; Interdisciplinary data assimilation; Massachusetts Bay; Predictive capability; Real time forecasting; Summer to fall blooms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERPOLATION; SAMPLING;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038710780     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(03)00018-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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