A comparison of shelf observation platforms for assimilation in an eddy-resolving ocean model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 121-142

  Oke, Peter R ^a,b   Sakov, Pavel ^a,b,c   Schulz, Eric ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship   (Australia)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coastal observing systems; Data assimilation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECORRELATIONS; ERROR ESTIMATES; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; HF RADAR OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OCEAN FORECASTS; OCEAN MODEL; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; REANALYSIS; SEA-LEVEL; STANDARD COMPONENTS; SURFACE VELOCITY;

DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; FORECASTING; GLIDERS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 68749116295     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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