Optimal Combining Data for Improving Ocean Modeling

Abstract

The long range scientific goals of the proposed research comprise: (1) developing rigorous approaches to optimal combining different kinds of data (images, CTD, HFR, glider, drifters , and possibly output of regional circulation models ) for accurate estimating the upper ocean velocity field, subsurface thermohaline structure, and mixing characteristics (2) constructing computationally efficient and robust estimation algorithms based on alternative parameterizations of uncertainty and comprehensive testing them on synthetic data (3) processing real data collected in coastal zones via new techniques

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA624563

Entities

People

  • L. I. Piterbarg

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • California
  • Data Fusion
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Fuzzy Sets
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • High Reliability
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Stratified Fluids

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control