Joint ECMWF/OceanPredict workshop on Advances in Ocean Data Assimilation

Mesoscale eddies dominate energetics of the ocean, modify mass, heat and freshwater transport and primary production in the upper ocean. Eddy resolving ocean models (horizontal resolution finer than 10 km in mid-latitudes) show improved representation of mesoscale dynamics. However, mesoscale eddies, which are hard to constrain using available observations, are large contributors to the...

A priority for ocean data assimilation methods is the appropriate initialization of the ocean for seamless forecasts of weather and climate, from days to decades. The relevant ocean processes span a wide range of spatial and time scales, and their correct initialization poses a major challenge for the data assimilation methodology. Thus, at the time range of days to weeks, assimilation...

Recent studies have shown that the presence of oceanic eddies affects the intensification of high-impact tropical cyclones. Many operational weather prediction systems (e.g. in Canada, UK and Europe) have now moved to using fully-coupled atmosphere-ocean prediction models. As a result, the accuracy with which ocean analysis systems are able to constrain the presence and properties of oceanic...

Title: Regional Analysis of Indian OceaN (RAIN)

Authors: Balaji B 1,2,3; Arya Paul 1; Biswamoy Paul 1; Francis P. A. 1;

Affiliation:

1. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, 500090, India
2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Pune, 411008, India
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The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) forms the backbone of real-time ocean analysis-forecast systems of U.S. territorial waters. In addition to satellite remote sensing, the IOOS is augmented with in situ observations from a variety of platforms including Argo floats, buoys and gliders. In addition, remote sensing observations of surface currents are also available from an...