Forecasting and reanalysis in the Monterey Bay/California Current region for the Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network-II experiment

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 127-148

  Haley Jr , P J ^a,b   Lermusiaux, P F J ^a,b   Robinson, A R ^b   Leslie, W G ^a,b   Logoutov, O ^a,b   Cossarini, G ^c,d   Liang, X S ^b,e   Moreno, P ^b,f   Ramp, S R ^g   Doyle, J D ^h   Bellingham, J ^g   Chavez, F ^g   Johnston, S ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Data assimilation; Physical oceanography; Prediction; Skill; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SKILL; UNCERTAINTY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INSTRUMENT SCALES;

ANTICYCLONE; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349163738     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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