Accession Number:

ADA551552

Title:

Operational Modeling and Data Assimilation Studies of the North Atlantic and The Coastal Zone

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

PRINCETON UNV NJ PROGRAM IN ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Mellor, George L.
• Ezer, Tal

Report Date:

1998-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Our long term goals are to improve the modeling and prediction capabilities of numerical ocean models and data assimilation systems in support of operational coastal and ocean forecasting. We wish to systematically evaluate the skill of basin-scale and coastal ocean models, in producing the observed climatologies and variabilities of the North Atlantic Ocean. We also wish to test data assimilation methodologies, in particular those involving satellite-derived surface data, in order to improve the skill of nowcasting and forecasting meso-scale features in the open ocean, in the Gulf Stream region and the coastal zone.

Descriptors:

• *FORECASTING
• *OCEAN MODELS
• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• ASSIMILATION
• CLIMATOLOGY
• COASTAL REGIONS
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• GULF STREAM
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
• PREDICTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE