Optimal Asset Distribution for Environmental Assessment and Forecasting Based on Observations, Adaptive Sampling, and Numerical Prediction

Abstract

Long Term Goals and Objectives. 1. Carry out cooperative real-time (sub)-mesoscale data-driven predictions with adaptive sampling and research and evaluate skill measures 2. Advance scientific understanding of 3D upwelling/relaxation dynamics and carry out budget analyses as possible (multi-balances, sensitivity studies, parameterizations, predictability) 3. Determine details of three metrics for adaptive sampling (coverage, dynamics, uncertainties) and develop schemes and exercise software for their integrated use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA533508

Entities

People

  • Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Delphi Method
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Equations
  • Frequency Domain
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Observation
  • Sampling
  • Sensitivity
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Uncertainty
  • Upwelling

Readers

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