Enhanced Ocean Predictability Through Optimal Observing Strategies

Abstract

The primary long-term goal of our research is to develop optimal deployment strategies for drifter releases using templates derived from dynamical systems theory and to apply these to operational scenarios. The second goal is to improve current understanding of basic mesoscale and submesoscale oceanic processes. Both goals contribute to improved predictive capability of the marine environment. This research effort was initiated as a component of the DRI, Predictability of the Ocean and Atmosphere, and has contributed to the goals of that program by developing effective observation strategies for improved now-casts and forecasts of oceanic conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA630206

Entities

People

  • Albert D. Kirwan
  • Michael S. Toner

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Black Sea
  • Data Sets
  • Delaware
  • Deployment
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Geographic Regions
  • Materials
  • Mixing
  • Oceans
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Template Patterns
  • Trajectories
  • Two Dimensional
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers