A Consortium for Ocean Circulation and Climate Estimation - JPL

Abstract

The project's goal is to advance ocean data assimilation into a quasi-operational tool for studying ocean circulation. Observing the complete state of the ocean is difficult owing to its turbulent nature and the sparse and limited measurements. This project will establish a routine description of the global ocean by optimally combining available observations using a general circulation model, to monitor, to assess, and to understand ocean circulation. The effort further aims to demonstrate the practical utility of ocean observing systems by developing applications of such syntheses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA488273

Entities

People

  • Dimitris Menemenlis
  • Ichiro Fukumori
  • Lee-lueng Fu
  • Tong Lee
  • Victor Zlotnicki

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Angular Momentum
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheres
  • Climate Change
  • Consortiums
  • High Resolution
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Kalman Filters
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers