On the assessment of Argo float trajectory assimilation in the Mediterranean Forecasting System

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1475-1490

  Nilsson, Jenny A U ^a   Dobricic, Srdjan ^b   Pinardi, Nadia ^c   Taillandier, Vincent ^d   Poulain, Pierre Marie ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argo floats; Data assimilation; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

ARGO FLOAT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL STATE; IMPROVED FORECAST; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERMEDIATE VELOCITIES; MASS FIELDS; MEDITERRANEAN FORECASTING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL OUTPUT; OCEAN MODELING; OPERATIONAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SURFACE DRIFTER; UPPER OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY FIELD;

DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OIL SPILLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY;

FORECASTING;

ARGO; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FORECASTING METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OIL SPILL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TRAJECTORY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 81155137693     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0437-0     Document Type: Article

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