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Real-time data assimilative modeling on Georges bank

  • Daniel R. Lynch
  • , Christopher E. Naimie
  • , Justin T. Ip
  • , Craig V. Lewis
  • , Francisco E. Werner
  • , Richard A. Luettich
  • , Brian O. Blanton
  • , John Quinlan
  • , Dennis J. McGillicuddy
  • , James R. Ledwell
  • , James Churchill
  • , Valery Kosnyrev
  • , Cabell S. Davis
  • , Scott M. Gallager
  • , Carin J. Ashjian
  • , R. Gregory Lough
  • , James Manning
  • , Charles N. Flagg
  • , Charles G. Hannah
  • , Robert C. Groman
  • Dartmouth College
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • USGLOBEC NWAtlantic Program

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Abstract

Real-time oceanic forecasts were constructed at sea on Georges Bank during Spring 1999. Ship- and shore-based computations were combined to deliver daily 3-day forecasts to shipboard scientists for interpreting observations and planning operations. Data assimilated included acoustic Doppler current profiler velocities, drifter trajectories, and taxa-specific plankton observations from a Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) system. Services provided included basic 3-D circulation forecasts, forecast positions of drifters, dye and zoo-plankton, and the advective adjustment of observations to produce synoptic maps. The results indicate that real-time, at-sea data assimilative modeling can provide valuable information services and can be deployed routinely, provided that networking among ships, instruments, and shore continues to improve. This paper summarizes the real-time modeling experience. Results of the larger effort including scientific data interpretation are being reported separately.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-77
Number of pages13
JournalOceanography
Volume14
Issue numberSPL.ISS. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

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