P3.2
Data assimilation in eddy-resolving ocean circulation models
Steve Meacham, NSF, Arlington, VA
In high-resolution ocean models, the most rapidly growing forecast errors are often associated with the small-scale (mesoscale) shears found near fronts and eddies. Information about the large-scale flow contained in point observations coexists with mesoscale "noise." The separation of information at small and large scales poses a considerable challenge for both sequential and variational data assimilation. In this paper, we compare the effectiveness of three approaches to assimilation in flows in which a non-trivial, large-scale circulation co-exists with an energetic small-scale field: the extended Kalman filter, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, and an adjoint-based variatonal approach.
Poster Session 3, Emerging role of data assimilation in the oceans, land surface, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, and the water cycle
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
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