Data assimilation in the FOAM operational short-range ocean forecasting system: A description of the scheme and its impact

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 625 B, 2007, Pages 981-995

  Martin, Matthew J ^a   Hines, A ^a   Bell, M J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimeter data assimilation; Argo data; Operational oceanography

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS CORRECTION SCHEME; ERROR COVARIANCE; FORECASTING OCEAN ASSIMILATION MODEL;

DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

RADIO ALTIMETERS;

ALTIMETER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34447636957     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.74     Document Type: Article

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