Comparisons of different ensemble schemes for glider data assimilation on West Florida Shelf

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-24

  Pan, Chudong ^a   Zheng, Lianyuan ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Liu, Yonggang ^a   Lembke, Chad E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; EnKF; Ensemble; FTW; Glider; West Florida Shelf

Indexed keywords

MOORING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENKF; ENSEMBLE; FLORIDA; FTW;

GLIDERS;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 84904741303     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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