Initial ensemble generation and validation for ocean data assimilation using HYCOM in the Pacific

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-99

  Wan, Liying ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Bertino, Laurent ^d   Wang, Hui ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^d NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation pattern; Ensemble Kalman filter; Ensemble spread; HYCOM model; Initial ensemble; Model uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS;

APPLIED (CO); ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORRELATION PATTERNS; DE-CORRELATION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODEL (HYCOM); ISOPYCNAL; LARGE DEVIATIONS; LAYER INTERFACES; MIXED LAYERING; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION (ODA); OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN-GENERAL-CIRCULATION-MODEL (OGCM); PACIFIC OCEAN; SHALLOW LAYERS; SPIN-UP; SPRINGER (CO); VERTICAL CORRELATION; VERTICAL SHIFTS;

STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PERTURBATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 46649086924     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0133-x     Document Type: Article

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