A three-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme for the regional ocean modeling system

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2074-2090

  Li, Zhijin ^a   Chao, Yi ^a   McWilliams, James C ^b   Ide, Kayo ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHIES; COASTAL OCEANS; DYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; ERROR CORRELATIONS; KRONECKER PRODUCTS; NOVEL STRATEGIES; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL SCALE; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATIONS; WEST COASTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COAST; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549085380     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHO594.1     Document Type: Article

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