Application of data assimilation for improving forecast of water levels and residual currents in Singapore regional waters

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-61

  Karri, Rama Rao ^a   Badwe, Abhijit ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a   El Serafy, Ghada ^b   Sumihar, Julius ^b   Babovic, Vladan ^a   Gerritsen, Herman ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman filter; Malacca Strait; Non tidal currents; Sea level anomaly; Singapore regional waters

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MALACCA STRAIT; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SINGAPORE;

BATHYMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KALMAN FILTERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; KALMAN FILTER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REGIONAL PATTERN; RESIDUAL FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84872284104     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0584-y     Document Type: Article

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