Ocean-Atmosphere State Estimation and Targeted Observing using Coupled Model Ensembles

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS: To build a regional ensemble-based Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Data Assimilation (DA) system that produces probabilistic analyses and forecasts of the ocean-atmosphere state that are significantly superior to those that are currently available. A cornerstone of this endeavour is the assimilation of observations of variables that are affected by both the oceanic and atmospheric state into coupled atmosphere-ocean models such as COAMPS (registered trademark). Examples include scatterometer winds and low-peaking satellite radiance channels that are sensitive to both Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and low-level atmospheric temperature, moisture and aerosol.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA605086

Entities

People

  • Craig H Bishop
  • Emanuel Coelho
  • James A. Cummings
  • Sergey Frolov
  • Teddy Holt

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Covariance
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Operations
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Salinity
  • Scatterometers
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space