Enhanced Ocean Predictability Through Optimal Observing Strategies.
Abstract
The long term goal of this research is to develop the requisite technology to design effective observation strategies that will maximize the capacity to predict mesoscale and submesoscale conditions so as to provide the best possible nowcasts and forecasts of oceanic conditions. There are three tightly integrated objectives. The first is to focus both oceanographic and dynamical systems approaches on developing optimal observing strategies. The common thread linking both approaches is Lagrangian data, so this phase of the work addresses the question of how best to construct Eulerian current maps from these data and how to use the information contained therein to design optimal observing systems. The second objective will be to design an optimal observing strategy from a synthetic database. Here we will use primitive equation model simulations as the control. The last objective will be to apply this technology to the Gulf of Mexico where both high resolution numerical model results and drifter data are available.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 05, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA370551
Entities
People
- A. D . Kirwan Jr.
- Michael S. Toner
Organizations
- Old Dominion University