A 4D-var analysis system for the california current: A prototype for an operational regional ocean data assimilation system

Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. II)

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 345-366

  Moore, Andrew M ^a   Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Fiechter, Jerome ^a   Drake, Patrick ^a   Neveu, Emilie ^a   Arango, Hernan G ^b   Gürol, Selime ^c   Weaver, Anthony T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; NEAR-REAL TIME; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; VAR ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901952583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35088-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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