Lagrangian Turbulence and Transport in Semi-enclosed Basins and Coastal Regions

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is the development and application of new methods of investigation for the use of Lagrangian data and other emerging in-situ and remote instruments (drifters, gliders, HF radar and satellite) that provide information on upper ocean advection. Special attention is given to the development of new techniques for data fusion and assimilation of data in Eulerian numerical models, with focus on coastal flows. The project has the following specific objectives: (1) To test the impact of Lagrangian data assimilation of Argo float trajectories in the framework of operational models (2) To develop and test new methods for assimilation and fusion of tracer data with numerical model outputs. (3) To investigate and improve prediction of upper ocean fronts in coastal areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA527114

Entities

People

  • Annalisa Griffa
  • Tamay M. Özgökmen

Organizations

  • Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Processing
  • Flow
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Fuzzy Sets
  • Ligurian Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Oceans
  • Set Theory
  • Trajectories
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space