Development, implementation and evaluation of a data-assimilative ocean forecasting system off the central California coast

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 100-126

  Chao, Yi ^a   Li, Zhijin ^a   Farrara, John ^b   McWilliams, James C ^c   Bellingham, James ^d   Capet, Xavier ^c   Chavez, Francisco ^d   Choi, Jei Kook ^e   Davis, Russ ^f   Doyle, Jim ^g   Fratantoni, David M ^h   Li, Peggy ^a   Marchesiello, Patrick ⁱ   Moline, Mark A ^j   Paduan, Jeff ^k   Ramp, Steve ^k  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^j CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Coastal ocean; Data assimilation; Ocean forecast; Ocean modeling; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING; COASTAL OCEAN; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN FORECAST; OCEAN MODELING; REANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; REAL TIME; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

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

EID: 67349265919     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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