Improved ocean prediction skill and reduced uncertainty in the coastal region from multi-model super-ensembles

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Rixen, Michel ^a   Book, Jeffrey W ^b   Carta, Alessandro ^a   Grandi, Vittorio ^a   Gualdesi, Lavinio ^a   Stoner, Richard ^a   Ranelli, Peter ^a   Cavanna, Andrea ^a   Zanasca, Pietro ^a   Baldasserini, Gisella ^a   Trangeled, Alex ^a   Lewis, Craig ^a   Trees, Chuck ^a   Grasso, Rafaelle ^a   Giannechini, Simone ^a   Fabiani, Alessio ^a   Merani, Diego ^a   Berni, Alessandro ^a   Leonard, Michel ^a   Martin, Paul ^b   Rowley, Clark ^b   Hulbert, Mark ^b   Quaid, Andrew ^b   Goode, Wesley ^b   Preller, Ruth ^b   Pinardi, Nadia ^c   Oddo, Paolo ^c   Guarnieri, Antonio ^c   Chiggiato, Jacopo ^d,h   Carniel, Sandro ^d   Russo, Aniello ^e   Tudor, Martina ^f   Lenartz, Fabian ^g   Vandenbulcke, Luc ^g   more..

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h ARPA SIM Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal environments; Kalman Filter; Multi model super ensembles; Ocean prediction skill; Particle Filter; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ERROR STATISTICS; FISHERIES; FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; OCEAN PREDICTION SKILL; PARTICLE FILTER; SUPER ENSEMBLES; UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77649239247     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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