Lagrangian validation of numerical drifter trajectories using drifting buoys: Application to the Agulhas system

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-276

  van Sebille, E ^a   van Leeuwen, P J ^a   Biastoch, A ^b   Barron, C N ^c   de Ruijter, W P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drifting buoys; Kolmogorov Smirnov statistics; Model validation; Numerical Lagrangian drifters

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BINARY DECISION; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DATA SETS; DRIFTING BUOYS; GLOBAL MODELS; GOODNESS OF FIT; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV STATISTICS; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; MODEL SKILL; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SPECIFIC LOCATION; TEST MODELS; THREE MODELS;

BUOYS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRAJECTORIES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BUOY; DRIFTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY;

AFRICA; CAPE AGULHAS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 67649338392     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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