Modern approaches to data assimilation in ocean modeling

The field of oceanographic data assimilation is now well established. The main area of concern of oceanographic data assimilation is the necessity for systematic model improvement and ocean state estimation. In this respect, the book presents the newest, innovative applications combining the most so...

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Other Authors: Malanotte-Rizzoli, Paola, 1946-, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, [1996]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 455 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series: Elsevier oceanography series ; 61.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / P. Malanotte-Rizzoli
  • The Oceanographic Data Assimilation Problem: Overview, Motivation and Purposes / P. Malanotte-Rizzoli and E. Tziperman
  • Recent Developments in Prognostic Ocean Modeling / W.R. Holland and A. Capotondi
  • Oceanographic Data for Parameter Estimation / N.G. Hogg
  • A Case Study of the Effects of Errors in Satellite Altimetry on Data Assimilation / L.L. Fu and I. Fukumori
  • Ocean Acoustic Tomography: Integral Data and Ocean Models / B.D. Cornuelle and P.F. Worcester
  • Combining Data and a Global Primitive Equation Ocean General Circulation Model using the Adjoint Method / Z. Sirkes, E. Tziperman and W.C. Thacker
  • Data Assimilation Methods for Ocean Tides / G.D. Egbert and A.F. Bennett.
  • Global Ocean Data Assimilation System / A. Rosati, R. Gudgel and K. Miyakoda
  • Tropical Data Assimilation: Theoretical Aspects / R.N. Miller and M.A. Cane
  • Data Assimilation in Support of Tropical Ocean Circulation Studies / A.J. Busalacchi
  • Ocean Data Assimilation as a Component of a Climate Forecast System / A. Leetmaa and M. Ji
  • A Methodology for the Construction of a Hierarchy of Kalman Filters for Nonlinear Primitive Equation Models / P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, I. Fukumori and R.E. Young
  • Data Assimilation in a North Pacific Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System / M.R. Carnes, D.N. Fox, R.C. Rhodes and O.M. Smedstad
  • Towards an Operational Nowcast/Forecast System for the U.S. East Coast / F. Aikman III, G.L. Mellor, T. Ezer, D. Sheinin, P. Chen, L. Breaker and D.B. Rao.
  • Real-time Regional Forecasting / A.R. Robinson, H.G. Arango, A. Warn-Varnas, W. Leslie, A.J. Miller, P.J. Haley and C.J. Lozano
  • An Interdisciplinary Ocean Prediction System: Assimilation Strategies and Structured Data Models / C.J. Lozano, A.R. Robinson, H.G. Arango, A. Gangopadhyay, Q. Sloan, P.J. Haley, L. Anderson and W. Leslie.