Hindcast of Currents in the Santa Barbara Channel through SST Assimilation and Buoy Wind Forcing

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. To develop a high-resolution, verifiable nowcast and forecast model for the Santa Barbara Channel (SBC) by combining basic understanding of the circulation processes through theory and observations, numerical techniques and data assimilation. OBJECTIVES. To test an OI (optimal interpolation) scheme that assimilates satellite SST in a previously-developed SBC ocean model forced by NDBC buoy winds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630343

Entities

People

  • Lie-yauw Oey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • California
  • Coastal Regions
  • Contracts
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Observation
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space