Assimilating altimetry data into a HYCOM model of the Pacific: Ensemble optimal interpolation versus ensemble Kalman filter

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-765

  Wan, Liying ^a   Bertino, Laurent ^b   Zhu, Jiang ^c  

^a National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center   (China)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTING COST; COMPUTING POWER; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FORECASTING SYSTEM; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; STRONGLY NONLINEAR;

DATA PROCESSING; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTERS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953494549     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO626.1     Document Type: Article

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